"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
accordion."
-- Jed Babbin
"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its
national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the Nazis?"
--Dennis Miller
"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris
under a German flag."
--David Letterman
"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because
he hates Americans, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French,
people."
--Conan O'Brien
"I don't know why people are surprised the French don't want to help us get
Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out
of France."
-- Jay Leno
"Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known,
it's never been tried."
-- Rep. Roy Blount
"Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in W.W.II?
And that's because it was raining."
-- John Xereas
"It is important to remember that the French have always been there when
they needed us."
-- Alan Kent
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one
behind me"
-- Gen. George S. Patton
"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the
1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the
face for it."
-- Sen. John McCain
"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these
drawbacks it is a fine country."
-- Mark Twain
"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any
better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside
in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than
sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know."
-- P.J. O'Rourke
"I just love the French. They taste like chicken!"
-- Hannibal Lecter
