The original Grand Tour would generally begin in Belgium or the Netherlands before moving through Paris, Geneva, Spain, Italy, and perhaps Greece. – Hanya Yanagihara
When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city. – Harry Mathews
When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. – Gordon Sinclair
But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture. – Hugh Dancy
The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion. – Geoffrey Beene
A few of the influences on my career so far have been Isamu Noguchi, Irving Penn, and seeing the riots of 1968 in Paris. – Issey Miyake
All of my education at Harvard, then Oxford, then Paris was in literature – even my thesis was on Shakespeare. – Jonathan Kozol
Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan’s biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion. – James Wolcott
There’s different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they’re all wonderful. – Iris Apfel
Iconic Paris tells us: here are our three-star attractions, go thou and marvel. And so we gaze obediently at what we are told to gaze at, without exactly asking why. – Julian Barnes
It is always a pleasure to see what NYC, London, Paris and Milan have to offer. – Aslaug Magnusdottir
Historically, when Americans don’t know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: ‘What am I going to do now? I’ll go to Paris!’ – Craig Ferguson
In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences. – Alain Ducasse
I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations. – Barry Sternlicht
Coachella is a magnet for music-biz luminaries such as Tara Reid, Paris Hilton, and Cameron Diaz. – Adam Schlesinger
I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that! – Barbara Fialho
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it. – Camille Claudel
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It’s where it all began and ended. – Alan Furst