Inspector Quotes

I didn't promote war when I was a weapons inspector.

— Scott Ritter

The customer is the final inspector.

— Steve Jobs

I love stories with a happy ending,” Inspector Me said.

— Derek Landy

By George!" cried the inspector. "How did you ever see that?" Because I looked for it.

— Anonymous

'An Inspector Calls' is a British classic, and I am thrilled to be working on this beautiful screen adaptation with Aisling Walsh.

— David Thewlis

“The inspector sat down on a stair, fired up a cigarette, and entered an immobility contest with a lizard.”

— Andrea Camilleri

My old fella was a policeman; he was a chief inspector of the anti-terrorism squad.

— Bez

How long would it take a school-inspector of average activity to tumble head over heels from London toYork?

— Charles Kingsley

“If it’s any of your business, Inspector, that’s what happens when someone dies and leaves you twenty grand in their will.”

— Joy Ellis

“It’s all about the company you keep, isn’t it, Chief Inspector? Now Mr Trenton, who I know wouldn’t hurt a fly, has…

— Mark Ellis

“. . . and there was for a moment an unbreakable bond between us: the eternal bond of chemistry. I glowed with…

— Alan Bradley

“Well, so much the better for him,’ said the inspector. ‘When he is altogether mad, he will suffer less.’ As you can…

— Alexandre Dumas

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment…

— Henry David Thoreau

“That's just where I must part company with you, Inspector,” said the Vicar with a gentle smile. “I'm rather a voracious reader…

— John Bude

It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and whose daily reports are submitted, not to a functionary…

— William Thomas Stead

“Brittles stood at attention until Jack looked at him, then he bowed slightly. “I’m sorry to disturb you, sir, but an Inspector…

— Lorraine Heath

“Activity was always to Inspector Slack’s taste. To rush off in a car, to silence rudely those people who were anxious to…

— Agatha Christie

“Beauvoir was quiet, watching the Chief, taking in the gleam in his eye, the enthusiasm as he described what he'd found. Not…

— Louise Penny

“Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and Leclerc smirking at him. Javert…

— Kelsey Brickl

“For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and rain-storms, and did my duty faithfully; surveyor, if not of highways, then…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If you ever think you might want a career in politics, Inspector, think again. It's merely a continuous and mostly vain attempt…

— Jasper Fforde

“Thieving was not a sheer absurdity. It was a form of human industry, perverse indeed, but still an industry exercised in an…

— Joseph Conrad

“A blacksmith can go anywhere. A detective inspector only goes where the dead bodies are.” “But there aren’t any dead people here…

— Meljean Brook

My decision to appoint an inspector is not taken lightly. I hope it sends a strong signal that robust processes are in…

— Sajid Javid

“No one ever stepped forward to protect me, Inspector. I wonder why I should feel any driving sense of duty to protect…

— Charles Todd