I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash.

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.

But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.

I like to see an angry Englishman, " said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

The men history declares heroes are merely heroes because they failed to survive their benevolent acts.

Miracles can only inhabit the reality of our awareness when we surrender our need for the familiar to our desire for the limitless.

The real reason we have faces, " Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star, ' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

I prefer to make my living honestly.

The Middle East is America's 'champagne room'. No matter how much you spend, you will still never get what you want.

You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can.

How frustrating it is to be out-argued by someone you know is dead wrong but is more eloquent.