Cornelia Funke Quotes

We have a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder gentler machine gun hand.

President Obama said that if he could have any superpower, he'd want the ability to speak any language. That's so everyone in the world could tell him he picked one of the lamest possible superpowers.

The modern world seems to make fun of people in a lot of ways.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?

I'm very aware that when my friends and I sit around over dinner these days, the conversation invariably turns to how crass the world has become. Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever.

When you see somebody walking down the street wearing a Superman t-shirt, you just want to shoot them in the chest ... when they start to bleed go, I guess not

Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?

They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.

I think the world of you...and you know what condition the world is in today.

The world laughs at things it would really prefer to admire, and like Aesop's fox it criticizes things it covets.

A number of religions in Ankh-Morpork still practiced human sacrifice, except that they didn't really need to practice any more because they had got so good at it.

When I want to be reminded of stupidity, especially my own, I turn on the TV.

Chasing dragons with plastic swords, Jack Off Jimmy everybody wants more.

Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.

Kincaid, evidently exhausted himself, drew a gun, took the safety off, placed it on his chest, and went to sleep too. "It's cute," I whispered to Murphy. "He has a teddy Glock.

No", Tori said, " I kidnapped her and forced her to escape with me. I've been using her as a human shield against those guys with guns, and I was just about to strangle her and leave her body here to throw them off my trail. But then you showed up and foiled my evil plans. Lucky for you, though. You get to rescue chloe again and win her undying grattitude.

The people you killed seem to be in excellent health.

Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.

Oh, well, if you want original conversations, you'd better go and talk to yourself.

You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

I do think certain kinds of music can make you violent. Like, when I listen to Nickelback, it makes me want to kill Nickelback.

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect on the world.

When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn't a lot worth paying attention to.

Thank goodness modern convenience is a thing of the remote future.