Agatha Christie Quotes


But I know human nature my friend and I tell you that suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things. Agatha Christie Psychology 159
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. Agatha Christie Crime 129
One little Indian left all alone he went out and hanged himself and then there were none. Agatha Christie Mystery 94
But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price. Agatha Christie Love 90
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christie Life 88
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie age 86
Enemies People these days dont have enemies Not English people Agatha Christie Enemies 83
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood. Agatha Christie Childhood 82
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. Agatha Christie Habits 82
Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if hes in love with her. Agatha Christie Creative 81
I always think loyaltys such a tiresome virtue. Agatha Christie Loyalty 80
I know theres a proverb which that says To err is human but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries. Agatha Christie Technology 80
There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation! A human being, Hastings, cannot resist the opportunity to reveal himself and express his personality which conversation gives him. Every time he will give himself away. Agatha Christie Conversation 79
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances. Agatha Christie Uncategorized 75
It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down. Agatha Christie Books 74
I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me. Agatha Christie Age 72
Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living. Agatha Christie Past 70
What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America where they are always having revolutions. Agatha Christie Travel 70
Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter a swindler a drug taker a confirmed liar and a general swine without batting an eyelash and without its impairing their affection for the brute in the least. Women are wonderful realists. Agatha Christie Marriage 67
Toat lumea se ateapt ca educaia s fie un drept fundamental i nu pun mare pre pe ea cnd o primesc Agatha Christie Expectations 66
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest. Agatha Christie Domestic 66
Las mujeres claro est deben pensar en ellas mismas. Agatha Christie Suspense 65
Poirot thought it not quite professional to begin a routine working day before ten. Agatha Christie Work 63
Miss Howard Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime youd know at once. Agatha Christie Crime 63
... one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort. Agatha Christie Comfort 62
An appreciative listener is always stimulating. Agatha Christie Listening 61
When engaged in eating the brain should be the servant of the stomach. Agatha Christie Eating 59
Evil never goes unpunished Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret. Agatha Christie Evil 59
Oh Im not afraid of death What have I got to live for after all I suppose you believe its very wrong to kill a person who has injured youeven if theyve taken away everything you had in the world Agatha Christie Mystery 57
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years. Agatha Christie Accurate 56
I was thinking that when my time comes I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me. Agatha Christie Justice 55
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theorylet the theory go. Agatha Christie Logic 55
There hung about her the restrained energy of a whiplash. Agatha Christie Mystery 54
One of the saddest things in life is the things one remembers. Agatha Christie Reflection 54
There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger. Agatha Christie Child 54
Never do anything yourself that others can do for you. Agatha Christie Anything 53
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christie Sympathy 53
I did not deceive you mon ami. At most I permitted you to deceive yourself. Agatha Christie Mystery 53
El dinero es ridculo El crdito es ridculo Convenga usted en que la vida tiene mucho de ridculo Agatha Christie Suspense 52
The human mind prefers to be spoonfed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself- and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results. Agatha Christie Uncategorized 52
A great many men are mad and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves Agatha Christie Madness 52
An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have: the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. Agatha Christie Marriage 52
I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do. Agatha Christie Ability 51
When the sea goes down there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island. Agatha Christie Mystery 49
You do think you know about everything said her husband. I do said Tuppence. Agatha Christie Mystery 48
Marriage I have always held is a serious affair to be entered into only after long deliberation and forethought and suitability of tastes adn inclinations is the most important consideration. Agatha Christie Marriage 47
Marriage is called all sorts of things a haven and a refuge and a crowning glory and a state of bondage and lots more. But do you know what I think it is What A sport And a damned good sport too said Tommy. Agatha Christie Mystery 46
I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas. Agatha Christie Learning 45
I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows. Agatha Christie Mystery 45
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. Agatha Christie Religion 44

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