Poirot Quotes

28 quotes by 5 authors

You want beauty,' said Hercules Poirot. 'Beauty at any price. For me, it is truth. I want always truth. — Agatha Christie
If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything. — Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that. — Agatha Christie
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it. — Agatha Christie
I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here… — Agatha Christie
No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not… — Agatha Christie
As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said.… — Agatha Christie
You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher,… — Agatha Christie
You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get… — Agatha Christie
Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express — Agatha Christie
What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not like your face, M. Ratchett. — Agatha Christie
Poirot said placidly, â€œOne does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up… — Agatha Christie
And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-" "Ah, no, my friend-" "From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree. But nevertheless let… — Agatha Christie
That is what I mean. A bath! The receptacle of porcelain, one turns the taps and fills it, one gets in, one gets out and… — Agatha Christie
Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot — Agatha Christie
In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie
It is the quietest and meekest people who are often capable of the most sudden and unexpected violences for the reason that when their control… — Agatha Christie
My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie
It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot — Agatha Christie
Ah, but life is like that! It does not permit you to arrange and order it as you will. It will not permit you to… — Agatha Christie

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