Philip Kerr Quotes

Dalia picked up her negligee. She didn't need my help, it wasn't very heavy.

~ Philip Kerr

Believe me, I know a lot about harm's way. It turns sharp left off the road to Shitsville when you're least expecting it.

~ Philip Kerr

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

~ Philip Kerr

He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from his fingernails, ...

~ Philip Kerr

Scotland is the only case in the world where the poor part of a territory wants to separate from the rich part. If independence came, one option is to keep the pound as its currency, so that all economic decisions will continue to be taken by the Bank of England.

~ Philip Kerr

I will say that anyone who supports Scottish independence should go to Athens. Because nothing works. It is a disaster. It is a ruined, dirty place where people do not have money or future prospects. The day one after independence, Scotland would be worse.

~ Philip Kerr

Religion was quite a thing in our house - we were Baptists. Some Sundays I went to church three times. If there was a talk on missionary work in the afternoon, I could be there all bloody day. But religion took its first big knock after Dad died.

~ Philip Kerr

The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit.

~ Philip Kerr