Agatha Christie
Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Gantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, never mind.
— Agatha Christie
Business is based on the well-known principle of supply and demand. You want something, the other man has it. The only thing left to settle is the price.
— Agatha Christie
... But even then you have to reckon with a criminal's chief vice.'' What is that?'' Conceit. A criminal never believes that his crime can fail.
— Agatha Christie
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
But it is not always the people who say most who do most.
— Agatha Christie
But what really happens after you are dead - that is what I want to know? I cannot tell you Regiment. You should ask a priest these questions. He would just give me the usual answers. I want to know. We shall none of us know until we are dead ourselves.
— Agatha Christie
But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Now whenever that young man looked he looked like a sheep I take back all is this morning. It is genuine.
— Agatha Christie
But when you say crazy, that describes very well what the general appearance may be too ordinary, everyday people.
— Agatha Christie
But who thinks of death in the middle of life?"-Mike Rogers Endless Night by Agatha Christie
— Agatha Christie
Child's evidence is always the best evidence there is. I'd rely on it every time. No good in court, of course. Children can't stand being asked direct questions. They mumble or else look idiotic and say they don't know. They're at their best when they're showing off.
— Agatha Christie
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