Quotes About Detective

Ach! That." Race

I admit that the second murder in the book often cheers things up.

Agatha Christie

My friend, in working upon a case, one does not take into account only the things that are 'mentioned.' There is no reason to mention many things which may be important. Equally, there is often an excellent reason for not mentioning them. You can take your choice of the two motives." -- Hercule Poirot

But me, I am old-fashioned. I use the old methods. I work only with the little grey cells.

Death in the Clouds

You cannot have a murder without motive." -- Hercule Poirot

One may have a crime without a murderer, but for two crimes it is essential to have two bodies." -- Hercule Poirot

Oui... sans son regard fulgurant, sans ses yeux de lynx, Hercule Poirot serait peut-être mort écrasé, à l'heure qu'il est. Quelle effroyable calamité pour l'humanité toute entière ! Vous aussi, mon bon ami, vous auriez pu y rester ; mais cela n'aurait pas été une catastrophe nationale.

Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September—a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o'clock on the morning of Friday the 17th. There was nothing to be done. She had been dead some hours.

Agatha Christie

Evidence Against Him or Suspicious Circumstances: Pipe-cleaner.

Then,' said Poirot, 'having placed my solution before you, I have the honour to retire from the case…

Agatha Christie

The light from the window caught her pince-nez and made them give off little flashes.

Cher ami!" Poirot had said to me as I left the room. They were the last words I was ever to hear him say. For when Curtiss came to attend to his master he found that master dead.

A crime can be a work of art. A detective can be an artist.

Ulick Norman Owen.

I think it was just before half past ten.

Softly unbolting the door, he stuck the cat's head round the edge and ejaculated a piercing "Miaow." The Scotland Yard inspector, who was standing outside with another man, jumped in spite of himself.

You bet it does. Do you like detective stories? I do. I read them all, and I've got autographs from Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie and Dickson Carr and H. C. Bailey. Will the murder be in the papers?

Poirot spoke again, still in the same calm, measured voice.

men like your Hercule Poirot don't have to look for crime—it comes to them.

Agatha Christie