“Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.” TakenProudOrdinaryCookingProfessionFranceChefSeriousness Author:Julia Child
“I have encountered in this world riff-raff and good people. I lose. I win. I defend myself when I am attacked. I take when someone has taken from me. But I beg you to believe me; I have never done an act of espionage against France. Never. Never.” PeopleWorldBelieveDoneWinningLosesTakenThis WorldFranceInnocenceGood PeopleBelieve In MeEspionage Author:Mata Hari
“One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken.” StatesDifferencesUnitedPayUnited StatesTakenArmsFranceCashHostageRansomAppeasement Author:William Safire
“At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.” YearsTakenPositionEnglandFranceGermanyDivergent Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“A schism has taken place among the chemists. A particular set of them in France have undertaken to remodel all the terms of the science, and to give every substance a new name, the composition, and especially the termination of which, shall define the relation in which it stands to other substances of the same family.” GivingScienceNamesTermTakenParticularRelationFranceSubstanceCompositionChemistNomenclatureTerminationSchism Book:Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers Source: Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers