--- title: "1 City hall Quotes By Paul Cornell" description: "1 City hall quotes by Paul Cornell. Plus more from Paul Cornell and more City hall sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/paul-cornell-19016_city-hall_big-construction-companies-making-millio_2480989.jpg" --- > [“Big construction companies, making millions on underground developments such as this, had initially gone to the bother of bringing in cranes to lift mechanical diggers, once their work was done, out of their excavations. Then they’d realized that the cost-benefit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/big-construction-companies-making-millions-on-underground/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/paul-cornell-19016_city-hall_big-construction-companies-making-millio_2480989.jpg) ## Other authors on City hall ## More by Paul Cornell > [“Black Knight: "I'm impressed. You even mended the t-shirt." Faiza: "Mate, you're with the NHS now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/black-knight-i-m-impressed-you-even-mended-the-t-shirt-faiza-mate-you/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“You hear stories like that all your life and think: cool, a ghost bus. But now we have to look at this stuff analytically...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/you-hear-stories-like-that-all-your-life-and-think-cool-a-ghost-bus/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/he-s-like-fire-and-ice-and-rage-he-s-like-the-night-and-the-storm-in/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [But the Fear (that sensation that all writers get of how the hell do words get from my puny little brain to into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/but-the-fear-that-sensation-that-all-writers-get-of-how-the-hell-do/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [ I don't think \[Russell T Davies\] sits up at night worrying about canonicity, except for the times when I'm pretty sure he does. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/i-don-t-think-russell-t-davies-sits-up-at-night-worrying-about/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“You with the tentacles, you're nicked!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/you-with-the-tentacles-you-re-nicked/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“John the Skrull: (as Merlyn) "Here, listen. It's me, Merlyn, the magic man. There's no need for all this conflict, like. I command you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/john-the-skrull-as-merlyn-here-listen-it-s-me-merlyn-the-magic-man/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“The neighbors... hadn't, thankfully, done the usual by saying that Losley was a pleasant neighbor who'd kept herself to herself. (Always delivered in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/the-neighbors-hadn-t-thankfully-done-the-usual-by-saying-that-losley/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“In this place, upwards of 400,000 British men were going to be killed. They'd lost 20,000 just the other day. He sucked a grim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/in-this-place-upwards-of-400-000-british-men-were-going-to-be-killed/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“Tara: So what does "Captain Britain's agent" actually do? Wisdom: Between you and me, Tara, it's work, work, work. I'm in charge of Brian's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/tara-so-what-does-captain-britain-s-agent-actually-do-wisdom-between/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [Rumpty!" he muttered, which was very rude if you were one of the few people in the universe who understood what it meant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/rumpty-he-muttered-which-was-very-rude-if-you-were-one-of-the-few/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“Captain Midlands: "I met the real you once." John (Lennon) the Skrull: "You're meeting the real me now." Captain Midlands: "I told him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/captain-midlands-i-met-the-real-you-once-john-lennon-the-skrull-you/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“Only fools and criminals didn't know why they did things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/only-fools-and-criminals-didn-t-know-why-they-did-things/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [“John the Skrull: You say you've taken magic? Well all right, lads, all right. I could do the "Spartacus" thing, change into one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/john-the-skrull-you-say-you-ve-taken-magic-well-all-right-lads-all/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) > [When Captain America died, Americans heard it in an American way: through the media. When Captain Britain died, the British felt it in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cornell/when-captain-america-died-americans-heard-it-in-an-american-way/) [Paul Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-cornell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city-hall/paul-cornell/#itemlist", "name": "1 City hall Quotes By Paul Cornell", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Big construction companies, making millions on underground developments such as this, had initially gone to the bother of bringing in cranes to lift mechanical diggers, once their work was done, out of their excavations. 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