Quotes by Thinking That was what, ultimately, war did to you. It was not the physical dangers--the mines at sea, the bombs from the air, the crisp ping of a rifle bullet as you drove over a desert track. No, it was the spiritual danger of learning how much easier life was if you ceased to think. Agatha Christie spiritualwarthinking I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie mothermemorablethinking It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a tradesman - a tradesman in a good honest trade. You must learn the technical skills, and then, within that trade, you can apply your own creative ideas, but you must submit them to the discipline of form. Agatha Christie skillsideasthinking Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do. Agatha Christie oppositesmeanthinking Those who never think of money need a great deal of it. Agatha Christie dealsneedsthinking I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about...It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you. Agatha Christie retirementlifethinking I always think loyalty's such a tiresome virtue. Agatha Christie virtueloyaltythinking I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you are. What sort of a woman are you? Why are you talking like this? Who are you?' Miss Marple pulled down the mass of pink wool that encircled her head, a pink wool scarf of the same kind that she had once worn in the West Indies. 'One of my names,' she said, 'is Nemesis.' 'Nemesis? And what does that mean?' 'I think you know,' said Miss Marple. 'You are a very well educated woman. Nemesis is long delayed sometimes, but it comes in the end. Agatha Christie west-indiesmeanthinking I can think of nothing more soul destroying in life than to persist in trying to do a thing you want desperately to do well, and to know that you are at the best second rate. Agatha Christie successhappinessthinking 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 sorrymeanthinking Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking. Agatha Christie speechmenthinking You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.' That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion. Agatha Christie selfishattitudethinking If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything. Agatha Christie hercule-poirotifsthinking To feel admiration for a man all through one's married life would, I think, be excessively tedious. Agatha Christie admirationmenthinking If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it. Agatha Christie alivepastthinking Love is not everything ... It is only when we are young that we think it is. Agatha Christie younglove-isthinking I think, myself, that one's memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself. Agatha Christie selfmemoriesthinking Poirot said placidly, “One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this – ” he tapped his egg-shaped head – “this, that functions! Agatha Christie eggsdoethinking I know nothing about pistols and revolvers, which is why I usually kill off my characters with a blunt instrument or better with poisons. Besides, poisons are neat and clean and really exciting... I do not think I could look a really ghastly mangled body in the face. It is the means that I am interested in. I do not usually describe the end, which is often a corpse. Agatha Christie charactermeanthinking You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst! Agatha Christie townslittlesthinking«4041424344454647484950»
