Quotes by French Woman It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles and everyone says that France is so chic and elegant but I think more than that French women are renowned for dressing in what suits them. Alexa Chung french-woman style thinking There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety. Hippolyte Taine french-woman modesty race You need mystery. You actually do. I think that's what foreign women, French women in particular, are good at. There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something. Jason Clarke french-woman soul thinking I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women. Juliette Binoche great-french french-woman sand Tom Ford once told me that he found French women sexier than American ones. He said: Americans are too clean . . . I took no offense. Linda Wells french-woman clean found The real reason French women don't get fat is not genetic, but cultural, and if the French subjected themselves to the American extremes of eating and dieting, the obesity problem in France would be much worse than what has struck America. Mireille Guiliano french-woman real america French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat. Mireille Guiliano french-woman worry thinking French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs. Mireille Guiliano carbs french-woman bread French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless. Mireille Guiliano french-woman clothes pieces French women don't eat Wonder Bread. Mireille Guiliano french-woman bread wonder Of course there are fat French women. There are fat people everywhere. Mireille Guiliano french-woman fats people The French woman says, Ralph Waldo Emerson french-woman humans