Every man Quote by John Buchan

“He was really only a sort of detective, a species”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Be like a detective. See what’s going on around you.”

— Art Hochberg

“The first time we met I told you I was a detective. Get it through your lovely head. I work at it, lady. I…

— Raymond Chandler

“Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at…

— Agatha Christie

“I had chosen to play the detective—and if there is one thing that unites all the detectives I've ever read about, it's their inherent…

— Anthony Horowitz

“He was a detective, but he didn’t detect anything. It fell into his lap, already broken, every time.”

— Jodi Picoult

“I came across a man in Belgium once, a very famous detective, and he quite inflamed me. He was a marvellous little fellow. He…

— Agatha Christie

“Now that we can buy anything we want we seem to read detective stories.”

— Elizabeth Savage

“Good morning, mademoiselle. Yes, it is as you say. You now behold a detective—a great detective, I may say—in the act of detecting!”

— Agatha Christie

“I may not know what my heart truly holds, but who does? I think we're all mysteries, even to ourselves.”

— Carolyn Ives Gilman

“Are you sure I’m the lead detective on this case? All I seem to be doing is watching you have”

— Anonymous

“Being a detective can be dangerous! Thanks for the assist.”

— Franklin W. Dixon