“Hercule Poirot addressed himself to the task of keeping his moustaches out of the soup.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Use your little grey cells mon ami" (Hercule Poirot in 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles')” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What are you doing, Poirot?" "I dissect rucksacks. It is very interesting.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Your idea of a woman is someone who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse. That's all prehistoric.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“You might start a new religion yourself, with the creed: 'There is no one so clever as Hercule Poirot, Amen, D. C.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“What do you expect Cust to tell you?" Hercule Poirot smiled. "A lie," he said. "And by it, I shall know the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Really, my friend! But I will not sit back and say ‘le bon Dieu has arranged everything, I will not interfere.’ Because… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“He did not know the methods of Hercule Poirot. I do not run to and fro, making journeys, and agitating myself. My… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It is romantic, yes,’ agreed Hercule Poirot. ‘It is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, Miss Brewster,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“For somewhere," said Poirot to himself, indulging in an absolute riot of mixed metaphors, "there is in the hay a needle, and… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“He was a man of whom nearly everybody was a little afraid. Why this last was so can hardly be stated in… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“It is the sex angle that sells stories, that makes news. give people scandal allied to sex and it appeals far more… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Poirot realized with a momentary flicker of amusement that he had not made himself popular by his critical attitude. Linnet was used… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“And suddenly, with a terrific shock, with that feeling as of blurring on a cinematograph screen before the picture comes to focus,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“But Aunt Maureen makes smashing omelettes." Julia Upjohn. "She makes smashing omelettes." Poirot's voice was happy. He sighed. "Then Hercule Poirot has… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Guy Carpenter frowned and came into the drawing room through the window. He had a long face like a horse, he was… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Now, as I expect you know, there is nothing more cruel than talk, and there is nothing more difficult to combat. When people say… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“A child says ‘Thank God for my good dinner’. What can I say at seventy-five? ‘Thank God for my good life, and for all… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I'm afraid I always find Shakespeare terribly dreary. All those long scenes where everybody is drunk and it's supposed to be funny.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Either her dream had taken a very odd turn or else - or else Mary had really rushed into the room and had said… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend,” observed Poirot philosophically. “You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Well, of course, it was not any of my business but you get very queer glimpses of life sometimes, and you can't help speculating… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Mr. Satterthwaite looked cheered. Suddenly an idea struck him. His jaw fell. "My goodness," he cried, "I've only just realized it! That rascal, with… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“The old gentleman refuses to have the telephone which he regards as a device of the devil, and on a par with radio, television,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“That’s how they do it, these girls! Othello charmed Desdemona by telling her stories, but, oh, didn’t Desdemona charm Othello by the way she… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
