Agatha Christie Quotes
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It was a very British and utterly unconvincing performance.
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Take this Hercules - this hero! Hero, indeed! What was he but a large muscular creature of low intelligence and criminal tendencies!
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And if you cast down an idol, there's nothing left.
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Never mind. I knew - that was the great thing.
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'That’s all very well - they’re not educated, poor creatures.' 'No, and a good thing too. Education has devitalised the white races. Look at America - goes in for an orgy of culture. Simply disgusting.'
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'Do you always travel first-class, Mr. Hardman?' 'Yes, sir. The firm pays my travelling expenses.' He winked.
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'Nothing', I said sadly. 'They are two delightful women!' 'And neither of them is for you?' finished Poirot. 'Never mind. Console yourself, my friend. We may hunt together again, who knows?'
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Work, Mr. Burton. There’s nothing like work, for men and women. The one unforgivable sin is idleness.
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Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
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Elinor was still staring at this missive, her plucked brows drawn together in distaste, when the door opened. The maid announced, 'Mr Welman,' and Roddy came in.
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I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
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I don't pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing. I'm doing this simply because Dr Reilly asked me to, and somehow when Dr Reilly asks you to do a thing you don't like to refuse.
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Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.
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This, Hastings, will be my last case. It will be, too, my most interesting case - and my most interesting criminal.
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'The English are very stupid,' said Poirot. 'They think that they can deceive anyone but that no one can deceive them.'
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He had not remembered her name, but he had seen her dance - had been carried away and fascinated by the supreme art that can make you forget art.
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The character of the victim has always something to do with his or her murder.
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I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there is no scent to follow, he noses around - seeking always something that is not very nice.
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'Jerry had an expensive public school education, so he doesn’t recognize Latin when he hears it,' said Joanna
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I felt that the murderer was in the room. Sitting with us - listening. one of us
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Children and one’s social inferiors never know when to say good-bye. One has to say it for them.
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'Well', said Miss Marple. 'Are you going to let her get away with it?' There was a pause, then Father brought down his fist with a crash on the table. 'No', he roared - 'No, by God I'm not!' Miss Marple nodded her head slowly and gravely. 'May God have mercy on her soul,' she said.
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What beats me - it always does - is how a man can be so clever and yet be such a perfect fool.
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There is no such thing as muddle - obscurity, yes - but muddle can exist only in a disorderly brain.