Agatha Christie Quotes - Page 2

There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

The tragedy of life is that people do not change.

A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.

It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to.

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

Things never come when they are expected.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

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

But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.

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

Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

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

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

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

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

People should be interested in books, not their authors.

Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time thewish to kill-though not the will to kill.

Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.