{"id":7237,"date":"2025-03-25T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/?p=7237"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:15:35","slug":"famous-french-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/en\/famous-french-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous French Quotes&#8230; about the Riviera, France and Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We&#8217;re delighted to bring you a daily famous quote about France, the French and our beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\">French Riviera<\/a>. We hope they offer you some inspiration, insight and amusement. Bookmark this page, and check back DAILY! <\/strong>(Or email contact@rivieraedition.com if you would like to receive the daily quote by email.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7238\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7238 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Jean Cocteau quote about French Riviera - Famous French Quotes\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2-300x251.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2-768x644.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2-501x420.jpeg 501w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2-150x126.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/01-french-quotes-jean-cocteau-famous-2-696x583.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Riviera Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Jean Cocteau quote about the French Riviera:<\/strong> &#8220;The French Riviera is the greenhouse where the roots grow. Paris is the shop where the flowers are sold.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on the French Riviera, find out more about the latest exhibitions at the <strong>Jean Cocteau museum in Menton<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museecocteaumenton.fr\/\">https:\/\/www.museecocteaumenton.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7253\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Larson quote about French culture and cuisine.\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous-501x420.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-french-quotes-doug-larson-famous-696x583.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: iStockPhoto \/ <a class=\"photographer sxkUu5bV97Bq1nizhTta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/portfolio\/MarcAndreu?mediatype=photography\" data-testid=\"photographer\"><span class=\"Skavx60ZymqpxWaVTy50\">Marc Andreu<\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>US columnist Doug Larson quote about French culture and cuisine:<\/strong> &#8220;Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7269\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia de Havilland famous quote about French language and children\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2-501x420.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-french-quotes-olivia-children-famous-2-696x583.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Riviera Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>US\/British actress Olivia de Havilland quote about the French language and children:<\/strong> &#8220;The thing that staggers you when you first come to France is the fact that all the French speak French &#8211; even the children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7291\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy.jpg\" alt=\"Famous French quote by F Scott Fitzgerald\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy-501x420.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/04-french-quote-jfk-kennedy-696x583.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John F Kennedy in 1953 at Hotel du Cap on Cap d&#8217;Antibes. Photo: Social media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quote many of us can relate to! \u201cEvery man has two countries: his own and France&#8221; &#8211; <strong>US President John F. Kennedy<\/strong> (pictured here during one of his trips to the South of France).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7292\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote.png\" alt=\"famous french quote f scott fitzgerland\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote.png 940w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote-501x420.png 501w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote-150x126.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/05-hotel-du-cap-fitzgerald-rich-famous-quote-696x583.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. Photo: Riviera Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The French Riviera is the playground of the rich, the famous, and those who appreciate the finer things in life&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/strong>, who hung out with the rich and famous at <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">H\u00f4tel du Cap-Eden-Roc<\/span><\/span><\/span> (pictured) and spent many seasons under the French Riviera sun in the 1920s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7558\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Robert de Niro quote Cannes film Festival\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival-501x420.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Robert-de-Niro-quote-Cannes-film-Festival-696x583.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert de Niro quote Cannes film Festival. Photo: \u00a9 Brigitte Lacombe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I have such close feelings for Festival de Cannes&#8230; especially now when there&#8217;s so much in the world pulling us apart, Cannes brings us together&#8230; It&#8217;s like coming home.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieraedition.com\/robert-de-niro-to-be-honoured-at-cannes-film-festival\/\">Robert de Niro<\/a>, April 2025, upon hearing that he is to receive an honorary Palme d&#8217;Or at this year&#8217;s Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love women who do everything to please. Cannes is one of them.&#8221; (<em>J\u2019aime les femmes qui font tout pour plaire. Cannes est l\u2019une d\u2019elles.<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Jean \u00c9parvier<\/strong> (1903-1997), French journalist for Le Figaro<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p><em>Check back tomorrow for the next French-related quote. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rivieraedition\">follow us on Facebook<\/a> for daily updates.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted to bring you a daily famous quote about France, the French and our beloved French Riviera. We hope they offer you some inspiration, insight and amusement. 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