Detectives Quotes

199 quotes by 150 authors

I know what you're thinking - that anybody with proper sensitive feelings would rather scrub floors for a living. But I should scrub floors very… — Dorothy L. Sayers
They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all. — Cornelia Funke
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs.… — Agatha Christie
A detective story generally describes six living men discussing how it is that a man is dead. A modern philosophic story generally describes six dead… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was… — Dashiell Hammett
Daytime television, you can tell whoâ€™s watching by the three kinds of commercials. Either itâ€™s clinics for drying out drunks. Or itâ€™s law firms who… — Chuck Palahniuk
Gonna rain like a cow pissin' on a flat rock" [drugstore clerk to detective Virgil Flowers] Dark of the Moon, p.7 — John Sandford
I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous. — Douglas Adams
It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe severs… — Karel Capek
Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names." "Good idea," said Jace. "I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein. — Cassandra Clare
The truth is that every intelligent man, as you know, dreams of being a gangster and of ruling over society by force alone. As it… — Albert Camus
Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along. — Dean Koontz
Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers. -Dexter — Jeff Lindsay
It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again." Yes, it is very true, that. And… — Agatha Christie
Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective. — Agatha Christie
He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and… — John Green
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight! — Carolyn Keene
We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head. — Carolyn Keene
to keep believing in life, until you're sure of death, it's the way a detective should be." - Kogoro Mouri, Detective Conan — Gosho Aoyama

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