Escape Quote by Robert Baden-Powell

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but…

— Anonymous

“Too often, the anthropologist takes on the role of police detective, discovering what is "hidden," assembling "evidence" to make a strong "case"... But sometimes…

— Liisa H. Malkki

When you're a detective on the midnight shift, you don't have a specialty: you roll on any time they need a detective, whether it's…

— Michael Connelly

To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person

— Robert Kiyosaki

“Of course it's very hampering being a detective, when you don't know anything about detecting, and when nobody knows that you're doing detection, and…

— A.A. Milne

Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so…

— Anthony Hecht

Detectives are only human; we're not Gods that know everything. When detectives tell their theory, in reality, most are rather anxious. Thinking that there's…

— Gosho Aoyama

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!

— Agatha Christie

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

— Agatha Christie

You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all…

— David Lynch

Insecure people are the best detectives on planet earth.

— Nikhil Saluja