Agatha Christie Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Agatha Christie quotes, Agatha Christie sayings, and Agatha Christie proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective. Agatha Christie
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
When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach. Agatha Christie
One never quite allows for the moron in our midst. Agatha Christie
Fear is incomplete knowledge. Agatha Christie
Bad temper is its own safety valve. He who can bark does not bite. Agatha Christie
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. Agatha Christie
You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely. Agatha Christie
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
Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things. Agatha Christie
Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored. Agatha Christie
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness. Agatha Christie
More children suffer from interference than from non-interference. Agatha Christie
Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes? Agatha Christie
A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking Agatha Christie
The first time you do a thing is always exciting. Agatha Christie
A rich man and his money are not so easily parted. Me, I have seen a well-known millionaire turn out a tramful of people to seek for a dropped halfpenny. Agatha Christie
Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea! Agatha Christie
Curious, sometimes, how one's thoughts seemed to swing in a kaleidoscope. It happened to me now. A bewildering shuffling and reshuffling of memories, of events. Then the mosaic settled into its true pattern. Agatha Christie
Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life. Agatha Christie
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find – at the age of 50, say – that a whole new life has opened before you. Agatha Christie
When you've been denied justice... you are incomplete. It feels that God has abandoned you in a stark place. I asked God... I think we all did... what we should do, and he said do what is right. And I thought if I did, it would make me complete again. Agatha Christie
Every man should have aunts. They illustrate the triumph of guess work over logic. Agatha Christie
Family strength is a marvellous thing. Agatha Christie
No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? Agatha Christie
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. Agatha Christie
As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday. Agatha Christie
My sister said one: 'Anything I don't want Mother to know, I don't even think of, if she's in the room.' Agatha Christie
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
A mother's love for her child is nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. Agatha Christie