Agatha Christie quotes - page 2

There is something about conscious tact that is very irritating. (Agatha Christie)
Fear is incomplete knowledge. View quote
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Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen. View quote
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Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go. View quote
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I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that. View quote
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Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows. View quote
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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody. View quote
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... nothing is so boring as devotion. View quote
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If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody. View quote
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There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. View quote
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The past is the father of the present. (Agatha Christie)
Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her. View quote
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In the midst of life, we are in death. View quote
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I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. View quote
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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. View quote
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Be sure, they sin will find thee out. View quote
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God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards! View quote
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People who can be very good can be very bad too. View quote
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It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting. View quote
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Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion? View quote
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The rottenness comes from within. (Agatha Christie)
One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer. View quote
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Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of himself. The human factor is always incalculable. The weak have often unexpected powers of resistance, the strong sometimes succumb. View quote
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Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. View quote
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And if you cast down an idol, there's nothing left. View quote
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