Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Francois Truffaut Film director

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Feb 6, 1932
  • Died: Oct 21, 1984

François Roland Truffaut was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic, as well as one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry, having worked on over 25 films. Truffaut's film The 400 Blows came to be a defining film of the French New Wave movement.

Film lovers are sick people. movies

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. women

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs. women

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early. morning

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning

22 quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 more thoughts from Honore de Balzac

53 more thoughts from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 other wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher