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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 other quotes from John Millington Synge

3 other quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

28 other wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill