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> [“That's the point. If these Labour MP's were really working men, they'd have some sense. But most of 'em, or at least the ones I've met, seem to be half-baked intellectuals who've specialized in economics or some such dreary muck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/that-s-the-point-if-these-labour-mp-s-were-really-working-men-they-d/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

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## More by Carter Dickson

> [“Put it in terms of the not-too-serious, if you like. Who got into that locked room? And how was it done? And why should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/put-it-in-terms-of-the-not-too-serious-if-you-like-who-got-into-that/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“That's the point. If these Labour MP's were really working men, they'd have some sense. But most of 'em, or at least the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/that-s-the-point-if-these-labour-mp-s-were-really-working-men-they-d/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“Not that anybody cares two pins about history in these days.We've got rid of history; history is all my eye. But I've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/not-that-anybody-cares-two-pins-about-history-in-these-days-we-ve-got/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“That sounds silly, doesn't it? Running away just because you don't want to hurt somebody's feelings? But did you ever think how much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/that-sounds-silly-doesn-t-it-running-away-just-because-you-don-t-want/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“There's the pity of it. Elaine Cheeseman's not as young as you; she's forty, maybe. But she's not bad-looking at all. If she took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/there-s-the-pity-of-it-elaine-cheeseman-s-not-as-young-as-you-she-s/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“Sometimes it seems that men--yes, and even women too!--if they believe in a thing strongly enough, they get a strength or endurance that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/sometimes-it-seems-that-men-yes-and-even-women-too-if-they-believe-in/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [ “But the curator said nothing mattered so long as it looked all right to the ignorant." \[Lady Brace\] "Sort of government motto. I see."… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/but-the-curator-said-nothing-mattered-so-long-as-it-looked-all-right/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [ “...both Tom and I adore detective stories. Isn't that so, Tom?" \[Lady Brace\] "Right!" agreed her husband…"But they've got to be proper detective stories.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/both-tom-and-i-adore-detective-stories-isn-t-that-so-tom-lady-brace/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“Though the pictured face was floridly coloured, you suspected pallor; a mind lightly balanced, and liable to snap from sheer weight of dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/though-the-pictured-face-was-floridly-coloured-you-suspected-pallor-a/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“When a man can't sleep, he won't let anybody else sleep either. If he doesn't go off to dreamland the moment his head hits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/when-a-man-can-t-sleep-he-won-t-let-anybody-else-sleep-either-if-he/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

> [“I never met a gal who represented a mystery to me in quite the fetchin' way you did. It'd be dull and dreary just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-dickson/i-never-met-a-gal-who-represented-a-mystery-to-me-in-quite-the/)

[Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-dickson/)

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