Agatha Christie

coincidence notice

"Any coincidence is always worth noticing. You can always throw it away later if it is only a coincidence"

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

are seem appearance

“Very few of us are what we seem.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

life living despair miserable sorrow

“I like living. 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.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

impossible happenappearance

“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

husband archaelogist old interest

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

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

instinct explain ignore

“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

young people old fool

“The young people think the old people are fools — but the old people know the young people are fools.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

time killer death

“Time is the best killer.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

proverb err human computer

“I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

children school arranged forlornly unable produce idea

“I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

unimportant interesting

“It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

secret ahead start

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

nobody person thinking imagine wrong

"Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

fact companion gradle grave our own self learn live yourself

"One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

everything account fact theory

"Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—let the theory go."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

invention necessity idleness lazyness save trouble

"I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

tragedy life people change

"The tragedy of life is that people do not change."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

man hours inportant working leisure

"It's not a man's working hours that are important— it's his leisure hours. That's the mistake we all make."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

good money happiness

"What good is money if it can't buy happiness?"

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

money large sum trust

"Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

fact theory

"When the fact doesn't meet the theory then let go the theory.

Agatha Christie"

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

war win lose disasterous

"To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

dogs wise quiet corner lick wounds whole

"Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more."

— Agatha Christie (1890-1976)