My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot) Agatha Christie More Quotes by Agatha Christie More Quotes From Agatha Christie We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness either enforced or voluntary. Agatha Christie great-inventions achievement simple Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored. Agatha Christie marvelous ignored instinct It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot Agatha Christie cells brain littles Mr. Jesmond made a peculiar noise rather like a hen who has decided to lay an egg and then thought better of it. Agatha Christie eggs peculiar noise Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking. Agatha Christie cups said tea 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 mother memorable thinking Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. Agatha Christie soul mind attitude I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you. Agatha Christie 50th-birthday inspirational-birthday turning-50 Be sure thy sin will find thee out. Agatha Christie thee sin Words, mademoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas. Agatha Christie clothings ideas When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach. Agatha Christie eating should brain Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition. Agatha Christie intuition women knowing Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human. Agatha Christie superhuman literature evil Use that fluff of yours you call a brain. Agatha Christie fluff use brain There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one. Agatha Christie mets certain people A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. Agatha Christie mothers-day daughter mom I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days when everything in the world seems right. Agatha Christie feelings morning world 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 skills ideas thinking There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves. Agatha Christie evil missing men I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties. Agatha Christie memorable believe book