Detectives Quotes · Page 4

When, and how, and at what stage of our development did spirituality and our strange notions of religion arise? the need for…

— Vita Sackville-West

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on…

— Michael Connelly

Spinach and champagne. Going back to the kitchens at the old Waldorf. Dancing on the kitchen tables, wearing the chef's headgear. Finally,…

— Zelda Fitzgerald

I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill,…

— Samuel Barnett

You just work really hard and scrutinize. What is it called in politics? "Opposition research"? You want to do the detective work…

— James Ponsoldt

Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers…

— George Santayana

When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of…

— Dashiell Hammett

“You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

What is interesting, as well, is how much power homicide detectives have and how much respect. They are kind of rock stars,…

— Theo James

I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.

— Robert Winston

I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant.

— Michelle Monaghan

He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun,…

— John Green

Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Look at you, all high-speed." "Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something." Andrea held her hand…

— Ilona Andrews

The boy detective thinks, The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes.…

— Joe Meno

I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured…

— Nathan Fillion

Your intent to find a mate sends out 'strands of consciousness' however, composed of desire and intent. Like detectives, these search the…

— Seth

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

— Agatha Christie

When you are playing a detective, particularly as a woman, you either are going to embrace the fact that it's a man's…

— Roberto Orci

As music migrates into our iPods, CD collections require less and less room, residing in our heads rather than resounding off the…

— James Wolcott

I read the script [of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] and went, "I haven't read anything this good, in a long time."…

— Samuel Barnett

If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.'

— Nic Pizzolatto

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.

— Ross Macdonald

With the Great Detective, to think was to act, and to act was to think. Frequently he could do both together.

— Stephen Leacock

Bosh. I find a rival - but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol…

— Rex Stout

“After a while I got hungry and went to the kitchen. There was nothing to eat. I drank another beer and looked…

— Robert B. Parker