“If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.”

“The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.”

“If you think that the intifada in France is about housing, go and try covering the story wearing a yarmulka.”

“In France constitutions come and go, but administrative institutions remain.”

“Taking on water
Sailing a restless sea
From a memory
A fantasy
The wind carries into white water
Far from the islands
Don't you know…
You're never going to get to France
Mary, queen of chance, will they find you!
Never going to get to France…
Could a new romance ever bind you?”

“No! You don't wear a hat on your gentles! You wear a hat on your head where you're supposed to wear a hat!”

“There is a tiger in my room,' said Frances.
'Did he bite you?' said Father.
'No,' said Frances.
'Did he scratch you?' said Mother.
'No,' said Frances.
'Then he is a friendly tiger,' said Father. 'He will not hurt you. Go back to sleep.”

“If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.”

“The people that tell you what you enjoy is wrong, or come in your life and tell you what you're wearing is wrong are miserable because they focus on the things that they don't like.”

“Never go to France
Unless you know the lingo,
If you do, like me,
You will repent, by jingo.”