Too Many Clients Quotes

“She turned back to me, graceful as a big cat, straight and proud, not quite smiling, her warm dark eyes as curious as if she had never seen a man before. I knew damn well I ought to say something, but what? The only thing to say was “Will you marry me?” but that wouldn’t do because the idea of her washing dishes or darning socks was preposterous.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“Are you Nero Wolfe’s Archie Goodwin?” “No. I’m my Archie Goodwin. I’m Nero Wolfe’s confidential assistant.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“Measure your mind’s height by the shade it casts, Robert Browning.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“Like doctors, lawyers, plumbers, and many others, I get my income from the necessities, the tribulations, and the misfortunes of my fellow beings.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“... and when Archie Goodwin wonders about anything he finds out.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“I know a chairman of the board of a billion-dollar corporation, one of the 2 per cent, who never gets his shoes shined and shaves three times a week.”
― Rex Stout, Too Many Clients