Michel Poiccard: You Americans are dumb. You admire Lafayette and Maurice Chevalier. They're the dumbest of all Frenchmen.
Van Doude, The Journalist: What's more ethical: The women who cheats, or the man who walks out?
Parvulesco: The woman who cheats.
Patricia Franchini: When the French say a second, they mean five minutes.
Michel Poiccard: There's no need to lie. It's like poker. The truth is best. The others still think you're bluffing, so you win.
Michel Poiccard: I told you being afraid is the worst sin there is.
Michel Poiccard: I always get interested in girls who aren't right for me.
I wanted to see you, to see if I'd want to see you.