Detectives Quotes

199 quotes by 150 authors

Every man that ever lived craved perfect happiness, the detective poignantly reflected. But how can we have it when we know weâ€™re going to die?… — William Peter Blatty
The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. — Ross Macdonald
Who am I that I should urge these missionaries to confess their sins in public, when, for all I know, they may be living nearer… — Jonathan Goforth
A detective with his murder mystery, a chemist seeking the structure of a new compound, use little of the formal and logical modes of reasoning.… — Gilbert N. Lewis
Become a creative thinking detective! Ask probing questions. There is no such thing as a wasted question. — Elaine Dundon
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. — Ed McBain
The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the… — Barry White
The boy detective thinks, The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes. He reasons, But… — Joe Meno
I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. — Shirley Jackson
I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective. — James Ellroy
Quotations are powerful tools. Michel de Montaigne, the father of all essayists, observed, 'I quote others only to better express myself.' Intrepid quotations detective Ralph… — Richard Lederer
The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to pursue the quest… — Weston La Barre
The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds. — Philip Guedalla
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle atop a lofty… — Stefan Petrucha
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they… — Steig Larsson
There should be a detective show called "Johnny Monkey," because every week you could have a guy say "I ain't gonna get caught by no… — Jack Handey
Boredom has been used as a technique, it is a device. In Zen, boredom is used as a device: you are bored to death, and… — Rajneesh
Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out… — Robert Stack
It is dangerous to engage in even the most innocuous-seeming discourse with the FBI/ Homeland Security/ a local detective. — Ingrid Newkirk
A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every manâ€™s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every manâ€™s… — Richard E. Byrd

Who Wrote These Detectives Quotes

150 authors contributed a total of 199 Detectives Quotes, led by these top contributors: