--- title: "1 Evil Best Quotes By Philip Kerr" description: "1 Evil Best quotes by Philip Kerr. Plus more from Philip Kerr and more Evil Best sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg" --- > [“There is evil in the best of us, of course; but perhaps just a little bit more in the worst of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-course-but-perhaps-just-a-little/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg) ## More by Philip Kerr > [“No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off, I thought; there’s nothing else to do in a place like this but cut your ear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/no-wonder-van-gogh-cut-his-ear-off-i-thought-there-s-nothing-else-to/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“Uki Goni’s excellent book The Real Odessa for much of my information about Nazis in Argentina.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/uki-goni-s-excellent-book-the-real-odessa-for-much-of-my-information/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“Frau Lange, her chins and her dog were waiting for me on the same chaise longue, except that it had been recovered with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/frau-lange-her-chins-and-her-dog-were-waiting-for-me-on-the-same/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“The colonel stood up. “I hope you enjoy your trip to Uruguay. Its government is stable, democratic, and politically mature. There’s even a welfare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/the-colonel-stood-up-i-hope-you-enjoy-your-trip-to-uruguay-its/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“My only choice was between the disastrous and the unpalatable. A very German choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/my-only-choice-was-between-the-disastrous-and-the-unpalatable-a-very/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/looking-round-the-room-i-found-there-were-so-many-false-eyelashes/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“as great a blight on our world as a missionary landing on Tahiti with a boxful of brassieres.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/as-great-a-blight-on-our-world-as-a-missionary-landing-on-tahiti-with/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“When you’re working for people who are mostly thieves and murderers, a little of it comes off on your hands now and then.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/when-you-re-working-for-people-who-are-mostly-thieves-and-murderers-a/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“Well, who knew? When they were elected. That they were crooks, I mean.” “Pretty much everyone who didn’t vote for them, Friedrich. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/well-who-knew-when-they-were-elected-that-they-were-crooks-i-mean/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“the man who succeeds is the man who is able to reduce problems to their simplest terms and who has the courage of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/the-man-who-succeeds-is-the-man-who-is-able-to-reduce-problems-to/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“leaders.’ Nebe snorted and went back round his desk. ‘You’re going to have to watch your mouth, Bernie,’ he said, half-amused. ‘Get to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/leaders-nebe-snorted-and-went-back-round-his-desk-you-re-going-to/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“If he was a member of the human race at all, Neumann was its least attractive specimen. His eyebrows, twitching and curling like two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/if-he-was-a-member-of-the-human-race-at-all-neumann-was-its-least/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“Sometimes I think God is just the devil pretending to be nice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/sometimes-i-think-god-is-just-the-devil-pretending-to-be-nice/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“There are so many ways of escaping from that which one fears, and not the least of these is hatred.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/there-are-so-many-ways-of-escaping-from-that-which-one-fears-and-not/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) > [“I was never one for looking at beautiful scenery, and certainly not since 1933; it distracts from the more important and admittedly metropolitan business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/i-was-never-one-for-looking-at-beautiful-scenery-and-certainly-not/) [Philip Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kerr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-best/philip-kerr/#itemlist", "name": "1 Evil Best Quotes By Philip Kerr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is evil in the best of us, of course; but perhaps just a little bit more in the worst of us.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Kerr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kerr/there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-course-but-perhaps-just-a-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is evil in the best of us, of course; but perhaps just a little bit more in the worst of us.” — Philip Kerr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-best/philip-kerr/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-best/philip-kerr/", "name": "Evil Best Quotes by Philip Kerr", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-best/philip-kerr/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/philip-kerr-14488_quote_there-is-evil-in-the-best-of-us-of-cours_1815546.jpg" }, "description": "1 Evil Best quotes by Philip Kerr. 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