Quotes from Agatha Christie

Poor Emily was never murdered until he came along.

one of the best things that can happen to you is, i think, a happy childhood.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.

a great man always knows better than to explain unless an explanation is demanded. To rush into explanations and excuses is always a sign of weakness.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

It is curious - but you cannot make a revolution without honest men. ... Every revolution has had its honest men. They are soon disposed of afterwards.

Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking.

all women, without in the least meaning it, consider every man they meet as a possible husband for themselves or for their best friend.

To feel admiration for a man all through one's married life would, I think, be excessively tedious.

Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.

When a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep.

... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers.

I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days when everything in the world seems right.

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.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

Discussions of death and such matters do more to unlock the human tongue than any other subject.

I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

And so could you know it if you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really am tempted to believe that by inadvertence, He passed you by.

You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!

All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.

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.