Quotes by Agatha Christie

Mon cher docteur! Do you not think I know the female mentality? The village gossip, it is based always, always on the relations of the sexes. If a man poisons his wife in order to travel to the North Pole or to enjoy the peace of a bachelor existence—it would not interest his fellow-villagers for a minute!

... go down to the country, take a house, get interested in local politics, in local scandal, in village gossip. Take an inquisitive and violent interest in your neighbours.

I never gossip - but after all, a tongue is given one to speak with, and Im not deaf mute.That you most certainly are not. A tongue, Henet, may sometimes be a weapon. A tongue may cause a death - may cause more than one death. I hope your tongue, Henet, has not caused a death.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

These little grey cells. It is up to them.

The best time to plan a book is while youre doing the dishes.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but thats no reason not to give it.

Theres too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.

“No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even ones nearest and dearest.”

“Bagi sebagian orang kebenaran itu penting, sebab mereka dapat menerimanya. Mereka dapat menghadapi kebenaran dengan tabah - ketabahan yang hanya dimiliki orang-orang yang mengharapkan kehidupan yang cerah.”

“The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter.”

“People with a grudge against the world are always dangerous. They seem to think life owes them something. Ive known many an invalid who has suffered worse and been cut off from life much more . . . and theyve managed to lead happy contented lives. Its whats in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.”

“What good is money if it cant buy happiness?”

“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ”

“In the midst of life, we are in death.”

“Its whats in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.”

“Death was for-the other people.”