What People Are Saying. . .

We can always count on the French to be there when they need us.
-- Unknown

I've tried to lift France out of the mud, but she will return to her errors and vomitings.
I can't prevent the French from being French.
-- Charles de Gaulle

Finally, this week the French soldiers have showed up in Afghanistan.
Figures just like the French to show up after the hard work has been done.
-- Jay Leno

Q: Why don't the French want to bomb Saddam Hussein?
A: He hates America, he loves mistresses and he wears a beret. He is French.
-- Conan O'Brien

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.
-- Norman Schwartzkopf

We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it.
-- Marge Simpson

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.
-- Jacques Chirac (While President of France)

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." —General George S. Patton An old saying: Raise your right hand if you like the French.... Raise both hands if you are French. "I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!" —Jay Leno "They've taken their own precautions against Al Qaeda. To prepare for an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house." —Argus Hamilton "I would call the French scumbags, but that, of course, would be a disservice to bags filled with scum." —Dennis Miller