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Agatha Christie
The popular idea...
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of...
The human mind...
The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will,...
I don't think...
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also...
Most successes are...
Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by...
I like living....
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I...
An archaeologist is...
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in...
We owe most...
We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness-either enforced or...
The best time...
The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.
Source: In An...
Never do anything...
Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.
Source:
-- Agatha...
Where large sums...
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Source:...
If one sticks...
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.
It is completely...
It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.
Source: The Murder...
It is ridiculous...
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City -- New York City is itself a detective...
I didn't want...
I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing...
I've always believed...
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each...
The popular idea...
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of...
The human mind...
The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will,...
I don't think...
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also...
Most successes are...
Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by...
I like living....
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I...
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