Famous Quotes by Agatha Christie

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

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

One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.

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.

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.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation.

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

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

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

I often wonder why on earth I write. It's a most depressing occupation.

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

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

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Very few of us are what we seem.

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

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

The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

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

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