Paris Quotes

Welcome to Paris Quotes, the supreme destination for all things Paris! Here you will discover a collection of the most motivating and romantic quotes about the City of Lights. From timeless quotes by well-known authors to modern musings from residents, we have something for everybody. Whether you're looking for a romantic stating to show your better half or an amusing one-liner to make your friends laugh, you'll find it here. So come check out the appeal of Paris through the words of its admirers and let the City of Lights trigger your creativity.
Small: No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris
"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris"
Orville Wright, Inventor
Small: America is my country and Paris is my hometown
Gertrude Stein
"America is my country and Paris is my hometown"
Gertrude Stein, Author
Small: When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward wa
"When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it"
Gordon Sinclair, Journalist
Small: If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life
Ernest Hemingway
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast"
Ernest Hemingway, Novelist
Small: Prague is the Paris of the 90s
"Prague is the Paris of the '90s"
Marion Ross, Actor
Small: Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables
"Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables"
Vernon Duke, Composer
Small: When good Americans die they go to Paris
Oscar Wilde
"When good Americans die they go to Paris"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: The country is provincial it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris
Honore de Balzac
"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: Paris is always a good idea
Audrey Hepburn
"Paris is always a good idea"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and P
Mason Cooley
"Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed they are all in Paris to arrange it
"Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: Paris aint much of a town
Babe Ruth
"Paris ain't much of a town"
Babe Ruth, Athlete
Small: The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi
"The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi"
Fred Allen, Comedian
Small: Maybe Ill be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris
"Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris"
Patti Smith, Musician
Small: Six months later I was in Paris. I was 16, and it all started to happen
"Six months later I was in Paris. I was 16, and it all started to happen"
Eva Herzigova, Model
Small: Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
"Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat"
Friedrich Engels, Philosopher
Small: Ive always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris fo
"I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there"
Jim Jarmusch, Director
Small: Ive never seen the Osbournes, Ive never seen Paris Hilton. Id rather read than watch reality TV. Id rather liv
"I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it"
Al Jourgensen, Musician
Small: We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington
"We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington"
Richard Perle, Public Servant
Small: Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. Im telling you this g
David Letterman
"Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton"
David Letterman, Comedian
Small: The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrant
"The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa"
Otto Schily, Public Servant
Small: Today were dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If were competing at that leve
"Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages"
John Hickenlooper, Politician
Small: My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I
"My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris"
Harry Mathews, Author
Small: Going out in Paris was like going out in the 30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything Id seen i
Christian Lacroix
"Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation"
Christian Lacroix, Designer
Small: So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris
"So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris"
Milos Forman, Director
Small: An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris
Friedrich Nietzsche
"An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: Id like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do
Mae West
"I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do"
Mae West, Actress
Small: I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it
John F. Kennedy
"I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it"
John F. Kennedy, President
Small: America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the so
C. Wright Mills
"America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
Small: Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness
Willa Cather
"Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness"
Willa Cather, Author
Small: Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half
Charles de Montesquieu
"Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half"
Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher
Small: I dont want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris
Paris Hilton
"I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris"
Paris Hilton, Celebrity
Small: I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, Theres no place like New York. Its the most exc
Robert De Niro
"I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'"
Robert De Niro, Actor
Small: I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter
"I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love
Whitfield Diffie
"I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York"
Whitfield Diffie, Scientist
Small: I wouldnt attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne i
John Foster Dulles
"I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally"
John Foster Dulles, Diplomat
Small: April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees
E. Y. Harburg
"April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees"
E. Y. Harburg, Musician
Small: In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor nobody is content to be a spectator
"In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didnt put up with it very well. I was sick all the ti
"The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown"
Jacques Derrida, Philosopher
Small: The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He
"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French"
Cecilia Bartoli, Musician
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