Death in the Clouds Quotes

“Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Life can be very terrible," he said. "One needs much courage."
"To kill oneself? yes, I suppose one does."
"Also to live," said Poirot, "one needs courage.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“There are more important things than finding the murderer. And justice is a fine word, but it is sometimes difficult to say exactly what one means by it. In my opinion, the important thing is to clear the innocent. - Hercule Poirot”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Mon ami,' said Poirot with dignity, 'when I commit a murder it will not be with the arrow poison of the South American Indians.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“You are young still. Naturally, one tries this, that and the other, but what one eventually settles down into is the life one prefers.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Science is the greatest romance there is”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Looks a bit fishy to me," said Japp. "He actually had a blowpipe, and look at his manner. All to pieces."
"That is the severity of your official demeanor, my good Japp."
"There's nothing for anyone to be afraid of if they're only telling the truth," said the Scotland Yard man austerely.
Poirot looked at him pityingly. "In verity, I believe that you yourself honestly believe that.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Las mujeres, claro está, deben pensar en ellas mismas.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“It is romantic, you know, the transatlantic telephone. To speak so easily to someone nearly halfway across the globe. The telegraphed photograph - that, too, is romantic. Science is the greatest romance there is.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“There comes to everyone a turning point in their lives, M. Poirot. They stand at the crossroads and have to decide. My profession interests me enormously; it is a sorrow - a very great sorrow - to abandon it. But there are other claims. There is, M. Poirot, the happiness of a human being.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“A meal should always lie lightly on the estomac," said Poirot. "It should not be so heavy as to paralyze thought.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“¡El dinero es ridículo! ¡El crédito es ridículo! ¡Convenga usted en que la vida tiene mucho de ridículo!”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“It is my experience that no one, in the course of conversation, can fail to give themselves away sooner or later…Everyone has an irresistible urge to talk about themselves.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“I'd rather a man felt that he was enjoying himself looking after me than that he should feel I was a duty to be attended to”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“M. Poirot, almost certainly the criminal; the only man on board who could create a psychological moment.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Высокая репутация — первейшая необходимость для шайки жуликов.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Si se estudia un problema con orden y método, no hay dificultad alguna en resolverlo (Hércules Poirot)”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“I am eccentric, possibly, but mad, no. - Hercule Poirot”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“When everything else fails—music remains.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Ah, but it is incredible how often things force one to do the thing one would like to do.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“Far-fetched, perhaps, but it is just possible that that might apply to the Duponts. I can hardly credit it. M. Dupont is an archaeologist of world-wide reputation. He bears the highest character.’

‘Which would facilitate matters very much for him,’ said Poirot. ‘Consider, my dear Fournier, how high has been the character, how lofty the sentiments, and how worthy of admiration the life of most swindlers of note—before they are found out!’

‘True—only too true,’ agreed the Frenchman with a sigh.

‘A high reputation,’ said Poirot, ‘is the first necessity of a swindler’s stock in trade. An interesting thought.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“His whole personality seemed to change. The handsome, vigorous young man turned into a rat-like creature with furtive eyes looking for a way of escape and finding none…”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“No, it is not so ridiculous as you think. It is based on a fundamental need of human nature—the need to talk—to reveal oneself.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“To let people tell you.’ Jane laughed. ‘Suppose they don’t want to?’ ‘Everyone likes talking about themselves.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“What an odd little man he was—hopping from subject to subject like a bird from one branch to another!”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“If one approaches a problem with order and method there should be no difficulty in solving it—none whatever,’ said Poirot severely. ‘Oh, I see,’ said Jane, who didn’t.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“I follow the old adage: seek whom the crime benefits.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“until one person is proved guilty beyond any possible doubt, everyone else who is associated with the crime is liable to suffer in varying degrees.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds

“In my opinion the important thing is to clear the innocent.”
― Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds