Agatha Christie Quotes

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
Agatha Christie

Themselves, Knew, Habits

I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
Agatha Christie

Quiet, Interest, Domestic

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.
Agatha Christie

Yourself, Others

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Agatha Christie

Trust, Money, Nobody

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.
Agatha Christie

Why, Themselves, Unhappy

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.
Agatha Christie

Mother, Opinion, Laziness

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.
Agatha Christie

Time, Waiting, Live

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.
Agatha Christie

Book, Writing, Two

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: September 15, 1890

Died: January 12, 1976

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