Detective
Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
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Detective Quotations
It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
John Buchan
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.
Agatha Christie
A really good detective never gets married.
Raymond Chandler
If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.
Jeff Foxworthy
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. Clarke
I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually.
Jacqueline Bisset
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.
Rex Stout
As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
Rex Stout
To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
Rex Stout
Detective Translations
detective in Dutch is detective, rechercheur
detective in German is Detektiv
detective in Norwegian is detektiv
detective in Portuguese is detetive
detective in Spanish is detective
detective in Swedish is detektiv
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