Agatha Christie Quotes

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

Agatha Christie

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• I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.

  

  Jackie Cooper
  • Crazy
  • Never
  • Too Much

• I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Character
  • Understand
  • Felt

• My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Experience
  • Me
  • Try

• When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Like
  • Project
  • Directing

• There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not Sony.

  

  Eddy Grant
  • Music
  • Commitment
  • Marketing

• Television is generally on the conservative side, so if you're seeing it represented on TV, that probably means it's really out there in the real world.

  

  Victor Webster
  • World
  • Real
  • Television

• The emotions I feel are no more meant to be shown in their unadulterated state than the inner organs by which we live.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Live

• 'Summon up a supper,' he said. 'Oh, I could. On golden plates, if you like. But that’s illusion, and when you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before.'

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Up

• ‘But you like her, don’t you?’ asked Howarth. ‘You like Mrs Connor?’ For himself, thought Howarth, he did not particularly like Mrs Connor. He desired Mrs Connor, however.

  

  Anthony Burgess

• There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

  

  Arthur C. Clarke

• Our top schools are obsessed with race, class, and gender but apparently not rigorous in cross-examining the fables and pop fads of their students.

  

  Victor Davis Hanson

• I proved for a long time how much I've given of my heart and of my time to the UFC.

  

  Anderson Silva
  • Time
  • Long
  • Heart

• Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'

  

  Daniel Tammet
  • Life
  • Great
  • American

• Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history.

  

  Jared Diamond
  • History
  • Past
  • Optimistic

• I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.

  

  Sean Paul
  • Real
  • Responsibility

• In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the point in climbing upwards. Your brain will tell you to keep as low as possible, to cling to the wall and not get any higher. You have to have your brain persuading your body to do the right movements.

  

  Jo Nesbo
  • Rock
  • Brain
  • Sports

• Everybody's got a story on their beards. I guess it's just a way of finding common ground with people you otherwise might not know.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • People

• I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.

  

  Joseph B. Wirthlin
  • People
  • Life
  • Opportunity

• I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

  

  Agatha Christie