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# Rex Stout

(1886–1975)   Writer   United States

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Rex Stout was a writer from the United States, best known for *Under the Andes*.

## Quick Facts About Rex Stout

Born December 1, 1886

Died October 27, 1975

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Under the Andes

Spouse Fay Kennedy

## About Rex Stout

Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975, starting with Fer-de-Lance (1934).

## Awards & Honors

The Grand Master

##  Quotes by Rex Stout · Page 2

> [As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/as-between-the-intolerable-and-the-merely-distasteful-i-must-choose/)

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[Choose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose/)

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> [There's nothing as safe as ignorance or as dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/there-s-nothing-as-safe-as-ignorance-or-as-dangerous/)

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[Dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/)

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> [“Nothing is obvious in itself. Obviousness is subjective.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/nothing-is-obvious-in-itself-obviousness-is-subjective/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Obvious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/obvious/)

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> [I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/i-have-a-strong-moral-sense-by-my-standards/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/doyle-stokes-in-a-thousand-shrewd-touches-with-no-effort-at-all/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [“everything from war to picnics depends on the weather, as Wolfe remarked”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/everything-from-war-to-picnics-depends-on-the-weather-as-wolfe/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/)

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> [“The least offensive way of refusing a request is not to let it be made.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/the-least-offensive-way-of-refusing-a-request-is-not-to-let-it-be-made/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Refusing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/refusing/)

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> [I don't answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/i-don-t-answer-questions-containing-two-or-more-unsupported/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/)

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> [The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/the-trouble-with-an-alarm-clock-is-that-what-seems-sensible-when-you/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Absurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurd/)

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> [As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/as-a-professional-writer-of-detective-stories-i-string-along-with-the/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Ball game](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball-game/)

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> [I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/i-don-t-approve-of-open-fires-you-can-t-think-or-talk-or-even-make/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/)

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> [“It strikes me, sir, that you are nearing the point where even a grateful American might tell you to go to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/it-strikes-me-sir-that-you-are-nearing-the-point-where-even-a/)

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[Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/)

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> [“Wolfe: 'Our next step is obvious, but it must wait...' Archie: It was nice to know the next step was obvious, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/wolfe-our-next-step-is-obvious-but-it-must-wait-archie-it-was-nice-to/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Next step](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/)

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> [“You can't base your actions on the theory that anyone you don't keep your eye on is apt to get killed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/you-can-t-base-your-actions-on-the-theory-that-anyone-you-don-t-keep/)

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[Killed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/killed/)

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> [“a man owes it to his eyes to let them rest on attractive objects when there are any around.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/a-man-owes-it-to-his-eyes-to-let-them-rest-on-attractive-objects-when/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Let Rest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-rest/)

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> [The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/the-only-two-kinds-of-books-could-earn-an-american-writer-a-living/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[American writer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-writer/)

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> [“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/a-dickens-character-to-me-is-a-theatrical-projection-of-a-character-2/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Characters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters/)

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> [“As long as I live I'll never forget the time he had a bank president pinched, or rather I did, on no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/as-long-as-i-live-i-ll-never-forget-the-time-he-had-a-bank-president/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Fountain pen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fountain-pen/)

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> [If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you're surprised if a National Chairman calls you to tell you his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/if-your-ego-is-in-good-shape-you-will-pretend-you-re-surprised-if-a/)

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[Chairman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chairman/)

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> [“Well." Wolfe was judicious. "You were not under oath. The police have been lied to informally many times by many people, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/well-wolfe-was-judicious-you-were-not-under-oath-the-police-have-been/)

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[Lied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lied/)

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> [What do I believe in? Belief means faith, and there's only one damned thing in the world I have any faith in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/what-do-i-believe-in-belief-means-faith-and-there-s-only-one-damned/)

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[Affair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affair/)

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> [All my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/all-my-important-decisions-are-made-for-me-by-my-subconscious-my/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision/)

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> [“Wolfe still paid no attention to me. As a matter of fact, I didn't expect him to, since he was busy taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/wolfe-still-paid-no-attention-to-me-as-a-matter-of-fact-i-didn-t/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Atlantic ocean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atlantic-ocean/)

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> [“She turned back to me, graceful as a big cat, straight and proud, not quite smiling, her warm dark eyes as curious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/she-turned-back-to-me-graceful-as-a-big-cat-straight-and-proud-not/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Dark eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-eyes/)

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> [“The point is, did she kill that woman? If I thought she did I would bow out quick — I would already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/the-point-is-did-she-kill-that-woman-if-i-thought-she-did-i-would-bow/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Interruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interruption/)

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> [A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/a-guest-is-a-jewel-on-the-cushion-of-hospitality/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Cushion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cushion/)

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> [A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/a-hole-in-the-ice-is-dangerous-only-to-those-who-go-skating/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/)

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> [“He’s sick.” “What with?” “Sitzenlust. Chronic. The opposite of wanderlust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/he-s-sick-what-with-sitzenlust-chronic-the-opposite-of-wanderlust/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Chronic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chronic/)

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> [Women don't require motives that are comprehensible to my intellectual processes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/women-don-t-require-motives-that-are-comprehensible-to-my/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Intellectual](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intellectual/)

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> [Dignities are like faces; no two are the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/dignities-are-like-faces-no-two-are-the-same/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Dignity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dignity/)

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> [“You are so engrossed in the fact that you are oblivious to its environment”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/you-are-so-engrossed-in-the-fact-that-you-are-oblivious-to-its/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Ancestry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancestry/)

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> [I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/i-still-can-t-decide-which-is-more-fun-reading-or-writing/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Fun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/rex-stout-2846_fun_i-still-can-t-decide-which-is-more-fun-r_2881022.png)

> [I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/i-will-ride-my-luck-on-occasion-but-i-like-to-pick-the-occasion/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Luck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/luck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77c/rex-stout-2846_luck_i-will-ride-my-luck-on-occasion-but-i-li_2363926.png)

> [Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/measure-your-minds-height-by-the-shadow-it-casts/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Casts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/casts/)

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> [Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/being-broke-is-not-a-disgrace-it-is-only-a-catastrophe/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Broke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broke/)

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> [“When people's brains stop working, just go somewhere else." (Death of a Doxie)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/when-people-s-brains-stop-working-just-go-somewhere-else-death-of-a/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Brains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brains/)

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> [Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/only-fools-and-philosophers-waste-time-on-the-unknowable/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Fool](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fool/)

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> [What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/what-the-tongue-has-promised-the-body-must-submit-to/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [ \[A\] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/a-pessimist-gets-nothing-but-pleasant-surprises-an-optimist-nothing/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Optimism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimism/)

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> [The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if you have one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/the-more-you-put-in-your-brain-the-more-it-will-hold-if-you-have-one/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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## Rex Stout by topic

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