Bernard Pivot famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Calm #Language #Speak
It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Adventure #Funny Travel #Difficult
They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Stress #Nuance #Clarity
There is a pride in speaking this language.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Pride #Talking #Language
All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Gender #Difficulty #Speakers
People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.
-- Bernard Pivot

#People #Feelings #Complaining
The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Country #Grace #Culture
You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.
-- Bernard Pivot

#Intelligent #Giving #Feelings

There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day.
My faith is the reason I run - it calms my heart and makes everything feel like a lift. My speed is definitely a gift from Him, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, He allows me to do it.
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses
I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.
Language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.
The genuine Guru is God's representative and he speaks about God and nothing else.
Now everyone has a license to speak, itâ€™s a question of who gets heard.
If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.
How do I speak Spanish? Not too well.

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