Agatha Christie Quotes

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself – and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.

What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn’t be so busy looking for it in other people’s.

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

The tragedy of life is that people do not change.

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.

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

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

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.