Georges Pompidou Quotes
-
Your city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name, the world over, conjures up the most visions and more than any other, incites one to dream.
→ -
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.
→ -
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
→ -
The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.
→ -
The rest of the world cannot be expected to regulate its life by a clock which is always slow.
→ -
There are three way of courting ruin -- women, gambling, and calling in technicians.
→ -
There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.
→
Georges Pompidou
- Born: July 5, 1911
- Died: April 2, 1974
- Occupation: Former Prime Minister of France
Related Authors
-
Joseph Stalin Former Premier of the Soviet Union -
Willy Brandt Former Chancellor of Germany -
Jacques Chirac Former President of France -
Renzo Piano Architect -
Valery Giscard d'Estaing Former President of France -
Francois Hollande President of France -
Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic -
Konrad Adenauer Former Chancellor of Germany -
Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President -
Richard M. Nixon 37th U.S. President -
Nicolas Sarkozy Former President of France -
Winston Churchill Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Andre Malraux Novelist -
Rene Coty Former President of France -
Napoleon Bonaparte Military Commander -
Jeff Koons Artist -
Francois Mitterrand Former President of France -
Lionel Jospin Former Prime Minister of France -
Richard Rogers Architect -
Adolf Hitler Former Chancellor of Germany