Quotes on Hercule Poirot

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

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

There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.

Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

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

If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

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

It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot

It is the quietest and meekest people who are often capable of the most sudden and unexpected violences for the reason that when their control does snap, it goes entirely. (Hercule Poirot)

In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)