Агата Кристи: Цитаты на английском языке (страница 8)

“Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.”

“I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.”

“One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late.”

“A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man. (Inspector Miller)”

“I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people if they are sorry for themselves. Self-pity is the biggest stumbling block in our world today.

~Jessop”

“The world is full of good people who do bad things!”

“To keep something wild is far more difficult than to preserve it.”

“See you, my dear doctor, me, I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash.”

“One never quite allows for the moron in our midst.”

“Fear, what a strange thing fear was…”

“Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.”

“I congratulate you on having such a unique and beautiful problem.”

“If you've lost, you've lost.”

“You arouse my gastronomical juices, madame.”

“Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?”

“It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.”

“If one approaches a problem with order and method there should be no difficulty in solving it — none whatever,’ said Pirot severely.”

“Work, Mr. Burton. There’s nothing like work, for men and women. The one unforgivable sin is idleness.”

“We shall not hunt together again, my friend. Our first hunt was here — and our last … They were good days, Yes, they have been good days…”