Detective stories Quote by Bertrand Russell

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but…

— Anonymous

“That's just where I must part company with you, Inspector,” said the Vicar with a gentle smile. “I'm rather a voracious reader of mystery…

— John Bude

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.

— Agatha Christie

If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories…

— Nic Pizzolatto

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

— Agatha Christie

To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person

— Robert Kiyosaki

The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.

— Natsuo Kirino

“Too often, the anthropologist takes on the role of police detective, discovering what is "hidden," assembling "evidence" to make a strong "case"... But sometimes…

— Liisa H. Malkki

Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism.

— V. S. Pritchett

I play a detective, very close to myself actually.

— Jon Voight

Detective stories keep alive a view of the world which ought to be true. Of course people read them for fun ... But underneath…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.

— Philip Guedalla