Quotes by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

British writer

Lived from: 1890 - 1976

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 15 september 1890 Died: 12 january 1976

  • The character of the victim has always something to do with his or her murder.
  • I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
  • The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world.

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  • One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
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  • Ah, but it is incredible how often things force one to do the thing one would like to do.
    Death in the Clouds (1935)
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  • An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
    Life Magazine, 14 May 1956
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  • Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.
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  • But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.
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  • Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.
    Death Comes as the End (1945)
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  • 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.
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  • Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
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  • Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?
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  • Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
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  • Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
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  • Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory — let the theory go.
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
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  • Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.
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  • Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.
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  • Fear is incomplete knowledge.
    Death Comes as the End (1945)
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  • Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
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  • He is like a cat. And all cats are thieves.
    Murder for Christmas (1939)
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  • How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think.
    Death on the Nile (1937)
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  • I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
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  • 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.
    An Autobiography (1977) part III, sect. 2
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What are the most famous quotes from Agatha Christie?

The two most famous quotes from Agatha Christie are:

  • "One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
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  • "Ah, but it is incredible how often things force one to do the thing one would like to do."

When did Agatha Christie live?

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and died in the year 1976.