Metropolis Quotes

“In case you’ve forgotten, that election made the hatred of Jews in this country socially respectable.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“The dress was like a map since it showed every place I now wanted to explore.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“I never yet saw a musical I didn’t think could be improved by a deeper pit for the orchestra”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“I don’t trust a man who doesn’t drink,’ he said. ‘It means he doesn’t trust himself and I’ve no use for a man who doesn’t trust himself. You can’t rely on a man like that. Not in this business. But there’s a drink and then there’s drinking. One’s a cop’s good friend and the other’s a cop’s worst enemy.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“Sometimes there is nothing quite so dreadful as your fellow man”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“But I’m afraid the lesson of history is that it’s never really over. Not today and certainly not tomorrow.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“There’s nothing like an old friendship to provide a solid basis for a lasting enmity.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“On the contrary. In this case I think there’s every chance the republic would fall apart if the legal process was observed.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“I caught a glimpse of her onstage as I made my way up to one of the dressing rooms – one of those thin, pale-faced, red-haired Berlin girls who reminded me of a safety match.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“Rankin lit a cigarette with a handsome gold lighter, stared into the flame for a moment as if it might provide a clue to the origins of the explosion, and then said, ‘What do you think,”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“If there’s one thing more ridiculous than the idea of a policeman who’s thinking, it’s a policeman saying he expects something important to come of it.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“You give people chances. What they do with those chances is their own affair. It’s”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“You’re hard enough to ice skate on,”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“Can you imagine how much of existence would be impossible if people didn’t believe in a certain amount of luck in the face of all evidence to the contrary? The true essence of human life is delusion. That’s what we’ve got in here. And it’s been that way ever since the first Roman soldier blew on a handful of dice. It’s simple human nature to believe your luck is going to turn.”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis

“Sometimes there is nothing quite”
― Philip Kerr, Metropolis