--- title: "7 Young man Quotes By Agatha Christie" description: "7 Young man quotes by Agatha Christie. Plus more from Agatha Christie and more Young man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/agatha-christie-154_beautiful-face_poirot-asked-whatdo-you-see-so-plainly-t_267763.jpg" --- > [“Poirot asked: ‘Whatdo you see so plainly? The witnesses? The counsel? The judge? The accused standing in the dock?’ Fogg said quietly:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/poirot-asked-whatdo-you-see-so-plainly-the-witnesses-the-counsel-the/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/agatha-christie-154_beautiful-face_poirot-asked-whatdo-you-see-so-plainly-t_267763.jpg) > [“A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and gallant and full of little attentions and altogether charming.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/a-man-when-he-is-making-up-to-anybody-can-be-cordial-and-gallant-and/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/agatha-christie-154_love_a-man-when-he-is-making-up-to-anybody-ca_1064605.jpg) > [“I was wrong about that young man of yours. A man when he is making up to anybody can be cordial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/i-was-wrong-about-that-young-man-of-yours-a-man-when-he-is-making-up/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/agatha-christie-154_young-man_i-was-wrong-about-that-young-man-of-your_1828186.jpg) > [“Take the Pyramids. Great blocks of useless masonry, put up to minister to the egoism of a despotic bloated king. Think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/take-the-pyramids-great-blocks-of-useless-masonry-put-up-to-minister/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/agatha-christie-154_debate_take-the-pyramids-great-blocks-of-useles_1933543.jpg) > [“But when a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Now whenever that young man looked he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/but-when-a-man-is-really-in-love-he-can-t-help-looking-like-a-sheep/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/agatha-christie-154_humor_but-when-a-man-is-really-in-love-he-can_2551738.jpg) > [“Don’t pretend to come out of the ark, Len. You know very well that an attractive young woman with an elderly husband…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/don-t-pretend-to-come-out-of-the-ark-len-you-know-very-well-that-an/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/agatha-christie-154_attractive_don-t-pretend-to-come-out-of-the-ark-len_2641735.jpg) > [“What is a secretary to a millionaire? Nine times out of ten it is a young man who likes living soft. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/what-is-a-secretary-to-a-millionaire-nine-times-out-of-ten-it-is-a/) [Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/agatha-christie-154_millionaire_what-is-a-secretary-to-a-millionaire-nin_3028114.jpg) ## Other authors on Young man ## 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/young-man/agatha-christie/#itemlist", "name": "7 Young man Quotes By Agatha Christie", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Poirot asked: ‘Whatdo you see so plainly? 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