Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!

— Agatha Christie

“The sense of mystery must always be, for mystery means being guided by obedience to Someone Who knows more than I do.”

— Oswald Chambers

“The expert detective’s pursuit will go unnoticed, but not because he is unremarkable. Rather, like the suspect’s shadow, he will appear as though he…

— Jedediah Berry

“He who is subjected to a field of visibility, and who knows it, assumes responsibility for the constraints of power; he makes them play…

— Michel Foucault

“In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is high tragedy, and…

— Raymond Chandler

“He was really only a sort of detective, a species”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.”

— John Buchan

“The man who has knowledge is considered most outstanding among people, Even if he does not occupy a position of nobility among his people.…

— Franz Rosenthal

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. —ANAÏS NIN”

— Gregory Benford

The man who is an initiate of one of the great Mystery Schools never fears to let his pupils outdistance him, because he knows…

— Dion Fortune

“When he has cleansed away the most mysterious sights (of his imagination), he can become without a flaw.”

— Lao Tzu