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

Quote by Agatha Christie

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

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

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

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that...

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that...

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

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

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his...

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have: the older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have: the older she gets, the...

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting!

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and...

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and...

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly...

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people...

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people...

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the...

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of...

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.