Detectives Quotes

199 quotes by 150 authors

The Detective was different. Not that he wasn't a good man; Willie had heard enough about him to understand that he was the kind who… — John Connolly
You picked that out?â€ Caine asked. â€œThat pink, plastic toy?â€ I turned to look at him. â€œI happen to have been a little girl, once… — Jennifer Estep
I just love family meetings. Very cozy, with the Christmas garlands round the fireplace and a nice pot of tea and a detective from Scotland… — Rick Riordan
Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!" "Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries,… — Carolyn Keene
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of sexual harassment, countercharges… — Tess Gerritsen
Literary critics make natural detectives. — A. S. Byatt
For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is the work itself; when a cop spends more and more time getting aggravated with… — David Simon
I told him about me being a summoner, and what that entailed. At the end of he simply gave a long sigh. â€œWhy couldnâ€™t you… — Diana Rowland
Rita folded her arms around herself and peered up at me. â€œIf youâ€™d asked me three months ago Iâ€™d have said you were hitting the… — C.E. Murphy
She's so obnoxious. Like a whole Saturday night drunk tank full of obnoxious packed into one little body." Detective Cavuto — Christopher Moore
Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Look at you, all high-speed." "Yeah, you'd think I was a detective or something." Andrea held her hand out. "You'll jinx… — Ilona Andrews
You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories. — Agatha Christie
I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and thereÂ´s the true, preestablished balance. — Simone de Beauvoir
A detective who uses his deductive powers to corner a suspect and then does nothing to stop them from committing suicide is no better than… — Gosho Aoyama
This is really good,â€ Donovan Caine said, attacking his third strawberry pancake. â€œYou sound surprised,â€ I said. He shrugged. â€œI just didnâ€™t think an assassin… — Jennifer Estep
What I warn you to remember is that I am a detective. Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly like fragmented glass.… — Tana French
After all, when we were children, when things went wrong, there wasnâ€™t much we could do to help put it right. But now weâ€™re adults,… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Being a homicide detective ca be the loneliest job in the world. The friends of the victim are upset and in despair, but sooner or… — Steig Larsson
Let me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said. — Darynda Jones
I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out information when I… — Laurell K. Hamilton

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