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Rex Stout Quotes: "I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best."

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.



Rex Stout Quotes: "As I understand it, a born executive is a guy who, when anything difficult or unexpected happens, yells for somebody to come and help him."

As I understand it, a born executive is a guy who, when anything difficult or unexpected happens, yells for somebody to come and help him.




Rex Stout Quotes: "A schedule broken at will becomes a mere procession of vagaries."

A schedule broken at will becomes a mere procession of vagaries.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Dignities are like faces; no two are the same."

Dignities are like faces; no two are the same.




Rex Stout Quotes: "I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action."

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.



Rex Stout Quotes: "I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his infantile vanity."

I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his infantile vanity.



Rex Stout Quotes: "No man with any sense assumes that a woman's words mean to her exactly what they mean to him."

No man with any sense assumes that a woman's words mean to her exactly what they mean to him.




Rex Stout Quotes: "No man was ever taken to hell by a woman unless he already had a ticket in his pocket."

No man was ever taken to hell by a woman unless he already had a ticket in his pocket.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled."

Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.



Rex Stout Quotes: "I don't answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions."

I don't answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions.



Rex Stout Quotes: "A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses."

A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.



Rex Stout Quotes: "There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could no longer afford that I wrote for money."

There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could no longer afford that I wrote for money.




Rex Stout Quotes: "I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing."

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.



Rex Stout Quotes: "In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted."

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.



Rex Stout Quotes: "I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion."

I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.



Rex Stout Quotes: "War doesn't mature men; it merely pickles them in the brine of disgust and dread."

War doesn't mature men; it merely pickles them in the brine of disgust and dread.



Rex Stout Quotes: "The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach."

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try."

Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear."

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.



Rex Stout Quotes: "There are two kinds of statistics the kind you look up and the kind you make up."

There are two kinds of statistics the kind you look up and the kind you make up.



Rex Stout Quotes: "To assert dignity is to lose it."

To assert dignity is to lose it.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Every man alive is half idiot & half hero. Only heroes could survive in this maelstrom & only idiots would want to."

Every man alive is half idiot & half hero. Only heroes could survive in this maelstrom & only idiots would want to.



Rex Stout Quotes: "It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous"

It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous



Rex Stout Quotes: "Yeah. I'm the fly in the soup. I don't like it any better than you do. Flies don't like being swamped in soup, especially when it's hot."

Yeah. I'm the fly in the soup. I don't like it any better than you do. Flies don't like being swamped in soup, especially when it's hot.



Rex Stout Quotes: "To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices."

To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish."

Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.



Rex Stout Quotes: "Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious effort to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try." -- Nero Wolf in Death of a Dude."

Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious effort to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try." -- Nero Wolf in Death of a Dude.



Rex Stout Quotes: "...if he had married Mrs. Albert Grantham for her money I freely admit that no man marries without a reason and with her it would have been next to impossible to think up another one...."

...if he had married Mrs. Albert Grantham for her money I freely admit that no man marries without a reason and with her it would have been next to impossible to think up another one....