Agatha Christie Quotes

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

Agatha Christie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 15, 1890 - January 12, 1976

Topics

LifeChildPeopleGoRightYears

Even bad results teach you something, and you can learn your lessons and get better.

Jeff Raikes

BetterLearnYouBadResultsTeach

I mourn for the kind of dad I didn't have; I rue my first broken family while taking joy in the one that I've made.

Rumaan Alam

FamilyBrokenJoyKindFirstMade

Anybody who's been to Ecuador wants to go back because it's beautiful out there.

Michael Steger

BeautifulBackGoOutBecauseBeen

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.

Julia Cameron

MorningGodCharacterDayWriting

I'm not someone that loves dialogue - I am someone that loves movement. Action, if it's well done, can be very poetic and meaningful.

Denis Villeneuve

I AmActionWell DoneSomeoneDone

No matter how closely you examine the water, glucose, and electrolyte salts in the human brain, you can't find the point where these molecules became conscious.

Deepak Chopra

WaterBrainYouFindHuman Brain

A lot of my books have started with an abstract premise.

Colson Whitehead

AbstractStartedBooksLotPremise

Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.

Archie Shepp

MusicCultureNothingMatterDecade

Unfortunately, since its passage in 1973, the War Powers Resolution has been stripped of its original purpose and has instead served as a temporary, de facto authorization for the executive branch to use military force whenever it deems it necessary.

Scott Garrett

PurposeWarResolutionMilitaryBeen

Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.

Lillian Hellman

CourageJusticeMyselfHellNowSay

For the pageants, it was my mother who got me involved in Miss America. It really gave me the opportunity to sing all around New Hampshire. And it was great when I was young, but looking back, it was also unbelievably stressful.

Jane Badler

MotherOpportunityGreatLooking Back

I would like to prove that on TV, everyday lives can be as compelling as the life-styles of the rich and famous. Especially lives that we catch at extraordinary moments.

Jane Pauley

RichFamousMomentsProveEveryday

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