Hercule Poirot

"Prevention of crime is not what policemen are best at. They would need to have one constable for every citizen and go everywhere with him. But, fortunately for the human race, most of us have our own little policeman, up here." [He touches his head] (10.10.2018)

" "Pay to Hercule Poirot the sum of one guinea only. Ernest Todd." It is to me, Hastings, a little reminder never to despise the trivial, hein, but the undignified." (20.07.2018)

"To the Bulldog Breed Laundry. Dear Sirs: Once again, I am obliged to communicate to you, the dissatisfaction I have for the starching of my collars. I refer to my instructions of the second of March, 1935, and subsequent letters... " (20.07.2018)

"Prevention of crime is not what policemen are best at. They would need to have one constable for every citizen and go everywhere with him. But, fortunately for the human race, most of us have our own little policeman, up here." [He touches his head] (20.07.2018)

"Cricket. The English enigma. I know not of any other game where even the players are unsure of the rules." (20.07.2018)

"Three weeks is an eternity to a brain like mine. Without the constant stimulation, my little grey cells will starve to death. Already you can see I am suffering the effects." (21.07.2018)

"Nature gives to the quarry of the viper a chance to identify his attacker. If every killer was as clearly marked, I would be without a job." (22.07.2018)

"Mesdames, Messieurs. What I am about to do may surprise you a little. It may occur to you that I am eccentric - perhaps mad. Ah! You may say, the little Belgian detective is taking leave of his rocker, hein. But I can assure you, behind my madness is, as you English say... method." (22.07.2018)

"Yes, it is hard, hm. But we must put on it the brave face, huh. And not allow cheerfulness to keep breaking through." (10.10.2018)

"Films are very boring, Hastings, but the actors who are paid to deceive us, now, they are interesting, hein." (26.07.2018)

"The Americans always put the month before the day. They're very backward people." (10.10.2018)

"I cannot eat these eggs. They are of totally different sizes." Dokonalost toto. (23.04.2018)

"They fear me, Hastings. The criminals, they fear Hercule Poirot so much that they have repented of their naughty ways and have become citizens of the most upright." (10.10.2018)

"The Americans always put the month before the day. They're very backward people." (26.02.2018)

"A doctor who lacks doubt is not a doctor. He's an executioner." (10.10.2018)

"I know it's a rather odd question, but a rather odd person would like to know." (10.10.2018)

"In Belgium, Hastings, it is considered quite bad form to read another person's newspaper cuttings." (10.10.2018)

"Anyone who claims to have been stag-hunting in the Bois de Boulogne, Mister Poirot, has been seriously misinformed about life on the Continent!" (10.10.2018)

"Mr. Fingler is an artist, Hastings. And like all artists, he must be treated with a firm hand." (10.10.2018)

"A blackmailing, adulterous husband who is also the thief. That is such a great loss, Hastings?" (10.10.2018)