--- title: "21 Ifs Quotes By Agatha Christie" description: "21 Ifs quotes by Agatha Christie. Plus more from Agatha Christie and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/agatha-christie-154_book_if-anyone-is-really-determined-to-lend-y_2202148.jpg" --- > [If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/if-anyone-is-really-determined-to-lend-you-a-book-you-never-can-get/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/agatha-christie-154_book_if-anyone-is-really-determined-to-lend-y_2202148.jpg) > [if you ask me, nobody really likes people who are always doing their duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/if-you-ask-me-nobody-really-likes-people-who-are-always-doing-their/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/agatha-christie-154_ask-me_if-you-ask-me-nobody-really-likes-people_82121.jpg) > [Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/three-months-seems-to-me-quite-a-reasonable-time-to-complete-a-book/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/agatha-christie-154_book_three-months-seems-to-me-quite-a-reasona_2016065.jpg) > [If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/if-we-seek-to-keep-the-past-alive-we-end-i-think-by-distorting-it/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/agatha-christie-154_alive_if-we-seek-to-keep-the-past-alive-we-end_1985794.jpg) > [And if you cast down an idol, there's nothing left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/and-if-you-cast-down-an-idol-there-s-nothing-left/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/agatha-christie-154_cast_and-if-you-cast-down-an-idol-there-s-not_2586812.jpg) > [You can only really get under anybody's skin if you are married to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/you-can-only-really-get-under-anybody-s-skin-if-you-are-married-to/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/agatha-christie-154_ifs_you-can-only-really-get-under-anybody-s_1169715.jpg) > [I've always noticed that if you speak the truth in a rather silly way nobody believes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-ve-always-noticed-that-if-you-speak-the-truth-in-a-rather-silly-way/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/agatha-christie-154_believe_i-ve-always-noticed-that-if-you-speak-th_2990139.jpg) > [If you've had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/if-you-ve-had-a-happy-childhood-nobody-can-take-that-away-from-you/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/agatha-christie-154_away-from-you_if-you-ve-had-a-happy-childhood-nobody-c_1383827.jpg) > [... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/it-s-always-interesting-when-one-doesn-t-see-if-you-don-t-see-what-a/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/agatha-christie-154_ifs_it-s-always-interesting-when-one-doesn-t_2508792.jpg) > [I've a theory that one can always get anything one wants if one will pay the price. And do you know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-ve-a-theory-that-one-can-always-get-anything-one-wants-if-one-will/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/agatha-christie-154_compromise_i-ve-a-theory-that-one-can-always-get-an_284457.jpg) > [Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/never-go-back-to-a-place-where-you-have-been-happy-until-you-do-it/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/agatha-christie-154_alive_never-go-back-to-a-place-where-you-have_687643.jpg) > [If you love, you will suffer, and if you do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/if-you-love-you-will-suffer-and-if-you-do-not-love-you-do-not-know/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/agatha-christie-154_christian_if-you-love-you-will-suffer-and-if-you-d_447348.jpg) > [marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/marriage-is-an-extraordinary-thing-and-i-doubt-if-any-outsider-even-a/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/agatha-christie-154_children_marriage-is-an-extraordinary-thing-and-i_2272504.jpg) > [Poirot: Do not allow Hate into your heart, for it will make a home there. Jackie: If Love cannot live there, Hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/poirot-do-not-allow-hate-into-your-heart-for-it-will-make-a-home/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/agatha-christie-154_hate_poirot-do-not-allow-hate-into-your-heart_1361769.jpg) > [And, of course, afterwards -- one always hears these things afterwards, so much better if one heard them before -- we found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/and-of-course-afterwards-one-always-hears-these-things-afterwards-so/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/agatha-christie-154_bottles_and-of-course-afterwards-one-always-hear_2082105.jpg) > [Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/never-worry-about-what-you-say-to-a-man-they-re-so-conceited-that/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/agatha-christie-154_believe_never-worry-about-what-you-say-to-a-man_2244763.jpg) > [I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-don-t-go-in-for-being-sorry-for-people-for-one-thing-it-s-insulting/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/agatha-christie-154_being-sorry_i-don-t-go-in-for-being-sorry-for-people_1417508.jpg) > [I think you're begging the question," said Haydock, "and I can see looming ahead one of those terrible exercises in probability where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-think-you-re-begging-the-question-said-haydock-and-i-can-see/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/agatha-christie-154_begging_i-think-you-re-begging-the-question-said_926061.jpg) > [That was what, ultimately, war did to you. It was not the physical dangers--the mines at sea, the bombs from the air,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/that-was-what-ultimately-war-did-to-you-it-was-not-the-physical/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/agatha-christie-154_air_that-was-what-ultimately-war-did-to-you_2090170.jpg) > [I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-like-to-inquire-into-everything-hercule-poirot-is-a-good-dog-the/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/agatha-christie-154_animal_i-like-to-inquire-into-everything-hercul_3063839.jpg) > [In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/in-conversation-points-arise-if-a-human-being-converses-much-it-is/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/agatha-christie-154_arise_in-conversation-points-arise-if-a-human_986942.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Agatha Christie > [One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/one-must-accept-the-fact-that-we-have-only-one-companion-in-this/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-like-to-see-an-angry-englishman-said-poirot-they-are-very-amusing/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“Now, as I expect you know, there is nothing more cruel than talk, and there is nothing more difficult to combat. When people say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/now-as-i-expect-you-know-there-is-nothing-more-cruel-than-talk-and/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/a-child-says-thank-god-for-my-good-dinner-what-can-i-say-at-seventy/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“I'm afraid I always find Shakespeare terribly dreary. All those long scenes where everybody is drunk and it's supposed to be funny.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-m-afraid-i-always-find-shakespeare-terribly-dreary-all-those-long/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“Either her dream had taken a very odd turn or else - or else Mary had really rushed into the room and had said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/either-her-dream-had-taken-a-very-odd-turn-or-else-or-else-mary-had/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend,” observed Poirot philosophically. “You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/every-murderer-is-probably-somebody-s-old-friend-observed-poirot/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/well-of-course-it-was-not-any-of-my-business-but-you-get-very-queer/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/mr-satterthwaite-looked-cheered-suddenly-an-idea-struck-him-his-jaw/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“The old gentleman refuses to have the telephone which he regards as a device of the devil, and on a par with radio, television,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/the-old-gentleman-refuses-to-have-the-telephone-which-he-regards-as-a/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/that-s-how-they-do-it-these-girls-othello-charmed-desdemona-by/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/it-is-ridiculous-to-set-a-detective-story-in-new-york-city-new-york/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [“Poirot, watching him, felt suddenly a doubt--an uncomfortable twinge. Was there, here, something that he had missed? Some richness of the spirit? Sadness crept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/poirot-watching-him-felt-suddenly-a-doubt-an-uncomfortable-twinge-was/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [In the midst of life, we are in death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/in-the-midst-of-life-we-are-in-death/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) > [Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/then-there-are-some-minor-points-that-strike-me-as-suggestive-for/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/agatha-christie/#itemlist", "name": "21 Ifs Quotes By Agatha Christie", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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