--- title: "24 Said Quotes By Agatha Christie" description: "24 Said quotes by Agatha Christie. Plus more from Agatha Christie and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/agatha-christie-154_adam_everybody-always-knows-something-said-ad_2624681.jpg" --- > [Everybody always knows something," said Adam, "even if it's something they don't know they know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/everybody-always-knows-something-said-adam-even-if-it-s-something/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/agatha-christie-154_adam_everybody-always-knows-something-said-ad_2624681.jpg) > [Look here," I said, "people like to collect disasters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/look-here-i-said-people-like-to-collect-disasters/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/agatha-christie-154_disaster_look-here-i-said-people-like-to-collect_1219092.jpg) > [I admit," I said, "that a second murder in a book often cheers things up." - Hastings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-admit-i-said-that-a-second-murder-in-a-book-often-cheers-things-up/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/agatha-christie-154_book_i-admit-i-said-that-a-second-murder-in-a_877584.jpg) > [Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/life-itself-is-an-unsolved-mystery-said-the-clergyman-gravely/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/agatha-christie-154_clergymen_life-itself-is-an-unsolved-mystery-said_2336242.jpg) > [Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/poirot-i-said-i-have-been-thinking-an-admirable-exercise-my-friend/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/agatha-christie-154_admirable_poirot-i-said-i-have-been-thinking-an-ad_558043.jpg) > [I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-never-can-stand-seeing-people-pleased-with-themselves-said-joanna/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/agatha-christie-154_instinct_i-never-can-stand-seeing-people-pleased_1257827.jpg) > [I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-would-like-it-to-be-said-that-i-was-a-good-writer-of-detective-and/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/agatha-christie-154_detectives_i-would-like-it-to-be-said-that-i-was-a_3041908.jpg) > [You want beauty,' said Hercules Poirot. 'Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth. I want always truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/you-want-beauty-said-hercules-poirot-beauty-at-any-price-for-me-it-is/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/agatha-christie-154_beauty_you-want-beauty-said-hercules-poirot-bea_1572239.jpg) > [Exactly! It is absurd - improbable - it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/exactly-it-is-absurd-improbable-it-cannot-be-so-i-myself-have-said/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/agatha-christie-154_absurd_exactly-it-is-absurd-improbable-it-canno_2698667.jpg) > [Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/talk-and-tea-is-his-specialty-said-giles-he-has-about-five-cups-of/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/agatha-christie-154_cups_talk-and-tea-is-his-specialty-said-giles_2165589.jpg) > [As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/as-you-yourself-have-said-what-other-explanation-can-there-be-poirot/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/agatha-christie-154_explanation_as-you-yourself-have-said-what-other-exp_721570.jpg) > [But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/but-no-artist-i-now-realize-can-be-satisfied-with-art-alone-there-is/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/agatha-christie-154_art_but-no-artist-i-now-realize-can-be-satis_446457.jpg) > [Who are you? You don't belong to the police?' 'I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/who-are-you-you-don-t-belong-to-the-police-i-am-better-than-the/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/agatha-christie-154_arrogance_who-are-you-you-don-t-belong-to-the-poli_891473.jpg) > [Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/many-years-ago-when-i-was-once-saying-sadly-to-max-it-was-a-pity-i/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/agatha-christie-154_archaeology_many-years-ago-when-i-was-once-saying-sa_207273.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) > [Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/many-friends-have-said-to-me-i-never-know-when-you-write-your-books/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/agatha-christie-154_behave_many-friends-have-said-to-me-i-never-kno_1305665.jpg) > [And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-" "Ah, no, my friend-" "From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/and-yet-said-poirot-suppose-an-accident-ah-no-my-friend-from-your/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/agatha-christie-154_accidents_and-yet-said-poirot-suppose-an-accident_1348825.jpg) > [“It's all very well to talk like that,” said Mr. Rafiel. “We, you say? What do you think I can do about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/it-s-all-very-well-to-talk-like-that-said-mr-rafiel-we-you-say-what/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/agatha-christie-154_crime_it-s-all-very-well-to-talk-like-that-sai_545576.jpg) > [You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/you-ve-a-pretty-good-nerve-said-ratchett-will-twenty-thousand-dollars/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/agatha-christie-154_dollars_you-ve-a-pretty-good-nerve-said-ratchett_1378241.jpg) > [Poirot said placidly, “One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/poirot-said-placidly-one-does-not-you-know-employ-merely-the-muscles/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/agatha-christie-154_bent_poirot-said-placidly-one-does-not-you-kn_2104635.jpg) > [Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/do-you-believe-in-the-value-of-truth-my-dear-or-don-t-you-of-course-i/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/agatha-christie-154_believe_do-you-believe-in-the-value-of-truth-my_211288.jpg) > [I really cannot understand the point of what you're saying. Really,' said Clotilde, looking at her. 'What a very extraordinary person you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-really-cannot-understand-the-point-of-what-you-re-saying-really/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/agatha-christie-154_delayed_i-really-cannot-understand-the-point-of_338624.jpg) > [You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/you-are-the-patient-one-mademoiselle-said-poirot-to-miss-debenham-she/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/agatha-christie-154_attitude_you-are-the-patient-one-mademoiselle-sai_999031.jpg) > [Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/bottled-was-he-said-colonel-bantry-with-an-englishman-s-sympathy-for/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/agatha-christie-154_alcoholics_bottled-was-he-said-colonel-bantry-with_3213031.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## 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/said/agatha-christie/#itemlist", "name": "24 Said Quotes By Agatha Christie", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody always knows something,\" said Adam, \"even if it's something they don't know they know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Agatha Christie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/everybody-always-knows-something-said-adam-even-if-it-s-something/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/agatha-christie-154_adam_everybody-always-knows-something-said-ad_2624681.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/agatha-christie-154_adam_everybody-always-knows-something-said-ad_2624681.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/agatha-christie-154_adam_everybody-always-knows-something-said-ad_2624681.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody always knows something,\" said Adam, \"even if it's something they don't know they know.” — Agatha Christie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Look here,\" I said, \"people like to collect disasters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Agatha Christie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/look-here-i-said-people-like-to-collect-disasters/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/agatha-christie-154_disaster_look-here-i-said-people-like-to-collect_1219092.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/agatha-christie-154_disaster_look-here-i-said-people-like-to-collect_1219092.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/agatha-christie-154_disaster_look-here-i-said-people-like-to-collect_1219092.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Look here,\" I said, \"people like to collect disasters.” — Agatha Christie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I admit,\" I said, \"that a second murder in a book often cheers things up.\" - 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