“You can kill a man with those words.
No gun.
No bullets.
Just words and a girl.”

— Markus Zusak

Variant: She soon says, "You're my best friend, Ed."
You can kill a man with those words.
No gun.
No bullets.
Just words and a girl.
Source: I Am the Messenger

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "You can kill a man with those words. No gun. No bullets. Just words and a girl." by Markus Zusak?

Markus Zusak 214

Australian author 1975

Related quotes

“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

Misquoted in Forbes (6 October 1986), actually attributed to humorist Professor Irwin Corey (1953) http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/11/03/kind-gun/
Disputed
Variant: You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

“Besides (and I now quote the artist's own words) I never put a bullet in my gun, but only pretended, to do so!”

Matthijs Maris (1839–1917) Dutch painter

Quote of Matthijs Maris, as cited by David Croal Thomson (1907), in: The Brothers Maris (James – Matthew – William), ed. Charles Holme; text: D.C. Thomson https://ia800204.us.archive.org/1/items/cu31924016812756/cu31924016812756.pdf; publishers, Offices of 'The Studio', London - Paris, 1907, p. BMxiii
In 1870 Matthijs Maris was enrolled in the Municipal Guard of Paris, but avoided there any kind of fight.

“Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.”

Warren Ellis (1968) English comics and fiction writer

Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street

“I wanna grab the microphone and shout it to the world
Shout it to the world, world
I'm your freaking girl
Anytime you need me, you just have to say the word
Have to say the word, word
I'm your freaking girl”

Erika Jayne (1969) American singer, actress and television personality

"United"
Song lyrics, Other songs

“[On "You're fired!":] There's a beauty in those two words. When you utter those words, there's very little that can be said. There's a succinctness to those words.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Trump TV / 'The Apprentice' takes realistic inside look at corporate world
San Francisco Chronicle
2004-03-28
David
Armstrong
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Trump-TV-The-Apprentice-takes-realistic-2802491.php
2000s