Agatha Christie Quotes, Thoughts and images

No innocent person ever has an alibi.

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

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Very few of us are what we seem.

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

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

Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

Assumptions are dangerous things.

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

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

The tragedy of life is that people do not change.

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

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

Our weapon is our knowledge. But remember, it may be a knowledge we may not know that we possess.

To every problem, there is a most simple solution.

With thought, all problems can be resolved.

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

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

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

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

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

Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.

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

Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

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

Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.

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

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

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