The Paris pact was correctly described by its opponents - greens and anti-greens alike - as toothless. But it was also the first time that nations around the world had officially agreed that climate change was a problem and that concrete steps should be taken to avoid its worst effects.
Charles C. Mann
ChangeTimeWorldProblemParis
Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world.
Tony Visconti
CityWorldParisHardLeaveJust
To avoid sounding like a cliche, I won't say I want to get proposed to in Paris, but Paris. I want it to happen somewhere public where people can be excited that I just got proposed to, and everyone applauds, like in a restaurant - that, or somewhere totally secluded... in Paris.
Betty Who
PeopleRestaurantParisSayWant
In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can descend below. All these cities have sewer museums and tours, and all expose their underbelly willingly to the curious. But not London, arguably the home of the most splendid sewer network in Europe.
Rose George
LifeHomeGreatCuriousParisBored
Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.
Alex Pettyfer
TimePrisonYouCareerParisGo
By and large, the Mexican food in Paris is horrible.
Rosecrans Baldwin
FoodParisMexicanHorribleLarge
For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance.
Alber Elbaz
HomeDreamsMeParisDressesRoom
The phenomena here is the foreign fighter threat, the revolving door from Europe to the region in Iraq and Syria and back through Turkey, back into Europe. And that's what happened in the Paris attackers.
Michael McCaul
DoorBackParisFighterEuropeHere
Paris is a Roach Motel for top American journalists: They check in, having won the plum foreign posting, but never leave.
Whit Stillman
AmericanParisNeverTopLeaveWon
In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
Jean Cocteau
ParisNobodyActorContentSpectator
By the time Napoleon abandoned his army to its fate in Poland - arriving back in Paris on 5 December - it numbered fewer than 10,000 effectives. It was a disaster from which he would never recover.
Saul David
TimeFateArmyBackParisNever
If Trump wants to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, the rest of the world should impose a carbon-adjustment tax on U.S. exports that do not comply with global standards.
Joseph Stiglitz
WorldRestParisTaxStandards
Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.
Patti Smith
DieParisGutterMaybe
In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.
Diane Kruger
LiveBikeParisGoStreetRent
I'm overjoyed and beyond honored to be a part of the L'Oreal Paris family. I'm such a fan of L'Oreal Paris not just for all of their amazing products, but for what they stand for.
Lea Michele
FamilyAmazingStandParisBeyond
I was scouted when I was, like, sixteen, and I hated it. I wasn't ready to work. When I turned 19, I decided to move to Paris to pursue modeling for myself there. It was kind of a way to get out of the house and discover something for myself, in a way.
Dree Hemingway
WorkMyselfHouseReadyParisKind
I always love going to Paris, and now I feel like I know it really well.
Jacquelyn Jablonski
LoveFeelParisKnowNowAlways
In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing... but that's impossible.
Christian Louboutin
ImpossibleParisNothingTryLike
For me, those little cinemas in Paris where I saw many art films for the first time meant that cinema became a kind of pilgrimage site.
Geoff Dyer
TimeArtMeCinemaParisKind
Our global atmosphere does not respect national boundaries, and the international commitments under the Paris Agreement cannot be met without the full cooperation and participation of multiple countries.
Brad Schneider
RespectCooperationParisBoundaries
Paris is an old and traditional place; it needs new blood.
Issey Miyake
PlaceParisNewBloodOldNeeds
I pay lots of homages. I wanted to pay tribute to a leading Iranian writer, Gholam - Hossein Sa'edi, who is buried in Paris - he is an Iranian Arthur Miller. He is of a similar stature, and his work is similar to that of Arthur Miller.
Asghar Farhadi
WorkParisPayWhoTributeWriter
If I never did another film after 'Paris, Texas,' I'd be happy.
Harry Dean Stanton
HappyBe HappyTexasParisNever
As for the role of France and Germany: French politics is often more self-confident then German politics due to the catastrophe in the first half of the last century. If Berlin and Paris don't agree, then it is difficult to make progress in Europe.
Wolfgang Schauble
PoliticsProgressParisDifficult
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