Quotes by category:Detectives

Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes--without the pesky morality.

Daniel H. Wilson

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Let me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me... by Darynda Jones

Let me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said.

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I was really bummed when I got to the last one of Tony Hillerman... by Dave Barry

I was really bummed when I got to the last one of Tony Hillerman Navajo detective books.

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Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigativ... by David Coleman

Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter.

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If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the d... by David Herbert Donald

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

David Herbert Donald

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The problem facing a comprehender is analogous to the problem that a detective faces when trying to solve a crime. In both cases there is a set of clues.

David Rumelhart

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You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.

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I told him about me being a summoner, and what that entailed. At the end of he simply gave a long sigh. “Why couldn’t you simply be an alcoholic like all the other detectives?” I grinned. “Demon summoning has less vomiting!

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There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presump... by Douglas Adams

I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous.

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A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five tim... by Ed McBain

A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.

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This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.

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The instant they say something you don't expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode.

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There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing as exciting as a detective's deductions or hunches. The simpler the words in which a thought is expressed the more stimulating its effect.

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I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. by Errol Morris

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.

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I like the idea of playing a historical detective. by Eva Mendes

I like the idea of playing a historical detective.

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It is difficult to distinguish deduction from what in other circumstances is called problem-solving. And concept learning, inference, and reasoning by analogy are all instances of inductive reasoning. (Detectives typically induce, rather than deduce.) None of these things can be done separately from each other, or from anything else. They are pseudo-categories.

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Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers or detectives, they study the case for which they are retained.

George Santayana

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Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe. by Giles Foden

Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe.

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A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A modern philosophic story generally describes six dead men discussing how any man can possibly be alive.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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