Quotes from Jean-Paul Belmondo movies and TV shows

Michel Poiccard: Informers inform, burglars burgle, murderers murder, lovers love.

Michel Poiccard: When we talked, I talked about me, you talked about you, when we should have talked about each other.

Michel Poiccard: You Americans are dumb. You admire Lafayette and Maurice Chevalier. They're the dumbest of all Frenchmen.

Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs: It's silly, but I love you. I wanted to see you, to see if I'd want to see you.

Michel Poiccard: Women will never do in eight seconds what they would gladly agree to in eight days.

Michel Poiccard: Reminds me of the one about the condemned man. Climbing the scaffold stairs, he trips, and says, "It figures... "

Michel Poiccard: If you don't like the sea... or the mountains... or the big city... then get stuffed.

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.

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