Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance? Agatha Christie More Quotes by Agatha Christie More Quotes From Agatha Christie The past is the father of the present. Agatha Christie fatherpast Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering. Agatha Christie menmeanbelieve An ugly voice repels me where an ugly face would not. Agatha Christie uglyvoicefaces Those who never think of money need a great deal of it. Agatha Christie dealsneedsthinking I continued to do arithmetic with my father, passing proudly through fractions to decimals. I eventually arrived at the point where so many cows ate so much grass, and tanks filled with water in so many hours. I found it quite enthralling. Agatha Christie educationmathfather You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely. Agatha Christie elegancetoo-muchimagination Sometimes I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is a method in his madness. Agatha Christie methodmadsometimes 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 innocent-personmurderhuman-nature Never do anything yourself that others can do for you. Agatha Christie crime-novelsliteraturememorable It's a mystery to me how anyone ever gets any nourishment in this place. They must eat their meals standing up by the window so as to be sure of not missing anything. Agatha Christie mysterymealsmissing In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot) Agatha Christie ariseimpossibleconversation I am not mad. I am eccentric perhaps--at least certain people say so; but as regards my profession. I am very much as one says, 'all there. Agatha Christie eccentricmadpeople 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'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming. Agatha Christie afraid-of-deathdeath-coming Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows. Agatha Christie fellowsquietpeople ... the belief in a superstratum of human beings ... is the most evil of all beliefs. For when you say, 'I am not as other men' -- you have lost the two most valuable qualities we have ever tried to attain: -- humility and brotherhood. Agatha Christie humilitymentwo If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody. Agatha Christie principlessticksliterature 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 seaislandsmen Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. Agatha Christie ghoulsliteraturepeople Assumptions are dangerous things. Agatha Christie dangerous-thingsdangerousassumption
