Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
... the belief in a superstratum of human beings ... is the most evil of all beliefs. For when you say, 'I… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation!... A human being, Hastings, cannot resist theopportunity to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Downstairs in the lounge, by the third pillar from the left, there sits an old lady with a sweet, placid, spinsterish face… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies!… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in… — 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
