Berlin Noir Quotes & Sayings

If they lacked the opportunity, the strength of their sprit would have been sapped; if they had lacked ability, the opportunity would have been wasted. — Niccolo Machiavelli

At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange of ideas. — Hjalmar Branting

The life of a thinking man will probably be divided into two parts
the first in which he desires to exterminate modern thinkers, and the second in which he desires to watch them exterminating each other ... Suppose, for instance, there is an old story and a new skeptic who is skeptical of the story. We have only to wait a little while for a yet newer skeptic who is skeptical of the skeptic. He will probably find the old notion actually a help in his new notion. This process is an abstract truth applying to anything, apart from agreement or disagreement. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Being a Berlin cop in 1942 was a little like putting down mousetraps in a cage full of tigers. — Philip Kerr

Hey, Jared." "What?" "Did I thank you for this job yet?" "Nope." "Good." "Get to work, dick." Jared coughed his equivalent to a laugh and hung up. — Cristin Harber

Sophia, you're the best thing that could have happened to Alistair. I've never seen him happier than he is now. — Cristiane Serruya

When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar. — Philip Kerr

Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids. — Eric Braeden

I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row. — Gary Kemp

See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It always works, it works every time with every person — Bob Proctor

A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination. — John Stuart Mill

Discomfort and awkwardness are places where you feel things. I'm a big advocate for being happy. We can choose to live in a happy bubble. But part of being happy is understanding how sad things can be. — Laurel Nakadate

Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught. — Philip Kerr

If you complain about small calamities, Allah will give you great calamities. — Anonymous

Look at the plucky young thing! She is trying to make a funny, said Lord Ambrose snidely. — Gail Carriger