Montand Quotes & Sayings

I am very organic; I eat a lot of seeds. At home in the morning, I eat muesli with a banana. At noon, I mix a little bit of all the seeds I can find. I love quinoa. It's great - it cooks like rice and is better than caviar. — Clotilde Hesme

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current. — Camille Flammarion

Have you ever thought about a Twelve Step program for people who talk too much? You could call it On and On Anon. — Mary Doria Russell

I think a man can have two, maybe three, affairs while he is married. But three is the absolute maximum. After that, you're cheating. — Yves Montand

The great soul of this world is just. — Thomas Carlyle

God, why didn't you make Woman first - when you were fresh? — Yves Montand

Next to my husband, and along with Marlon Brando, I think that Yves Montand is the most attractive man I've ever met. — Marilyn Monroe

Love & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character. — Shoghi Effendi

I suppose he represented the worst of what rural life can do to a man: he was racist, uneducated, and badly in need of dental work. — Reif Larsen

Answers make you wise, but questions make you human. — Yves Montand

I love French style from the Thirties and Forties. French movie stars like Jean Gabin and Yves Montand had so much natural, effortless style. — Vincent Cassel

My parents taught me the way to deal with being picked on was to be compassionate. I had to defend myself physically, but I had to be compassionate and understand the position of those abusing me. I had to figure it out and then rise above it. — Saul Rubinek

Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians. — Yves Montand

I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film encyclopedia. It's fun to talk about movies with him. — Steve Buscemi

It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold suffering, the twenty-first century should be one of peace and dialogue. As the continued advances in information technology make our world a truly global village, I believe there will come a time when war and armed conflict will be considered an outdated and obsolete method of settling differences among nations and communities. — Dalai Lama