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Rex Stout quotes: That's ill-advised. More, it's puerile. That's ill-advised. More, it's puerile.
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: 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: The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off
Rex Stout quotes: There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick. There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick.
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: The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold if you have one. The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold
if you have one.
Rex Stout quotes: Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things. Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things.
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: Dignities are like faces; no two are the same. Dignities are like faces; no two are the same.
Rex Stout quotes: Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear. Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.
Rex Stout quotes: Fritz giggled. He's the only man I've ever known who could giggle without giving you doubts about his fundamentals. Fritz giggled. He's the only man I've ever known who could giggle without giving you doubts about his fundamentals.
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: This is the unluckiest day I've had since my rich uncle changed doctors. This is the unluckiest day I've had since my rich uncle changed doctors.
Rex Stout quotes: As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter. As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.
Rex Stout quotes: Archie.''Yes, sir.''Do I ever intrude in your private affairs?''Yes, sir. Frequently. But you think you don't, so go right ahead. Archie.'
'Yes, sir.'
'Do I ever intrude in your private affairs?'
'Yes, sir. Frequently. But you think you don't, so go right ahead.
Rex Stout quotes: I was yelling at a dame with a frontage that would have made a good bookshelf. I was yelling at a dame with a frontage that would have made a good bookshelf.
Rex Stout quotes: No. The morning will do. You're impetuous." He looked at the wall clock. Fritz would come any minute to announce dinner. "Can you get Saul now? No. The morning will do. You're impetuous." He looked at the wall clock. Fritz would come any minute to announce dinner. "Can you get Saul now?
Rex Stout quotes: Invade a man's privacy and then put the burden on him. Invade a man's privacy and then put the burden on him.
Rex Stout quotes: Please?" "Ridiculous," he said curtly, Please?" "Ridiculous," he said curtly,
Rex Stout quotes: I'm not hysterical." "Of course you are. All women are. Their moments of calm are merely recuperative periods between outbursts. I I'm not hysterical." "Of course you are. All women are. Their moments of calm are merely recuperative periods between outbursts. I
Rex Stout quotes: No man was ever taken to hell by a woman unless he already had a ticket in his pocket or at least had been fooling around with timetables. No man was ever taken to hell by a woman unless he already had a ticket in his pocket or at least had been fooling around with timetables.
Rex Stout quotes: The least offensive way of refusing a request is not to let it be made. The least offensive way of refusing a request is not to let it be made.
Rex Stout quotes: But he wouldn't find me in the office, sitting there like patience in the hoosegow. But he wouldn't find me in the office, sitting there like patience in the hoosegow.
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: MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it. MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.
Rex Stout quotes: Everything in a story should be credible. Everything in a story should be credible.
Rex Stout quotes: A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating. A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.
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: To assert dignity is to lose it. To assert dignity is to lose it.
Rex Stout quotes: As sure as my name is Archie and not Archibald, I would have shot that goddamn orangutan dead in his tracks. As sure as my name is Archie and not Archibald, I would have shot that goddamn orangutan dead in his tracks.
Rex Stout quotes: Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for. Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.
Rex Stout quotes: Of course, a hole in the ice offers peril only to those who go skating. Of course, a hole in the ice offers peril only to those who go skating.
Rex Stout quotes: Dived through the rain across the sidewalk, found Dived through the rain across the sidewalk, found
Rex Stout quotes: As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
Rex Stout quotes: But I had long since learned from Wolfe that the corner the light doesn't reach is the one the dime rolled to. But I had long since learned from Wolfe that the corner the light doesn't reach is the one the dime rolled to.
Rex Stout quotes: Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.
Rex Stout quotes: I think the police and the FBI are quite capable of sacrificing the rights of a private citizen to what they consider the public interest. I think the police and the FBI are quite capable of sacrificing the rights of a private citizen to what they consider the public interest.
Rex Stout quotes: I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know.(Nero Wolfe) I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know.
(Nero Wolfe)
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: Enforced courtesy is worse than none. Enforced courtesy is worse than none.
Rex Stout quotes: Can Mr. Wolfe help it if an attractive young fellow insists on coming to cry on his shoulder? Can Mr. Wolfe help it if an attractive young fellow insists on coming to cry on his shoulder?
Rex Stout quotes: The passions smothered by modem civilization are doubly ferocious when awakened, The passions smothered by modem civilization are doubly ferocious when awakened,
Rex Stout quotes: But Mr. Cramer,." Wolfe protested, "is it my fault if destiny likes this address? But Mr. Cramer,." Wolfe protested, "is it my fault if destiny likes this address?
Rex Stout quotes: You can't dance cheerfully. Dancing is too important. It can be wild or solemn or gay or lewd or art for art's sake, but it can't be cheerful. You can't dance cheerfully. Dancing is too important. It can be wild or solemn or gay or lewd or art for art's sake, but it can't be cheerful.
Rex Stout quotes: God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements. God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.
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: It strikes me, sir, that you are nearing the point where even a grateful American might tell you to go to the devil.-Nero Wolfe to an FBI Agent It strikes me, sir, that you are nearing the point where even a grateful American might tell you to go to the devil.-Nero Wolfe to an FBI Agent
Rex Stout quotes: More people saying what they believe would be a great improvement. Because I often do I am unfit for common intercourse.-Nero Wolfe in Blood Will Tell More people saying what they believe would be a great improvement. Because I often do I am unfit for common intercourse.-Nero Wolfe in Blood Will Tell
Rex Stout quotes: A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat. A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.
Rex Stout quotes: The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story. The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story.
Rex Stout quotes: But when you're there, there you are, and But when you're there, there you are, and
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: I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it. I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.
Rex Stout quotes: Opinions, from experts, cost money. Opinions, from experts, cost money.
Rex Stout quotes: The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach. The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.
Rex Stout quotes: To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy. To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
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: Nothing is quite so uncomfortable as a loose conscience. Nothing is quite so uncomfortable as a loose conscience.
Rex Stout quotes: Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable. Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.
Rex Stout quotes: I have undertaken to to find an explanation for something that can't possibly be explained-Nero Wolfe I have undertaken to to find an explanation for something that can't possibly be explained-Nero Wolfe
Rex Stout quotes: Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe. Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.
Rex Stout quotes: Everything from war to picnics depends on the weather, as Wolfe remarked Everything from war to picnics depends on the weather, as Wolfe remarked
Rex Stout quotes: You know what my boss says? He says that skepticism is a good watchdog if you know when to take the leash off. You know what my boss says? He says that skepticism is a good watchdog if you know when to take the leash off.
Rex Stout quotes: What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature? What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?
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: What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to. What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.
Rex Stout quotes: The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote. The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote.
Rex Stout quotes: He's sick." "What with?" "Sitzenlust. Chronic. The opposite of wanderlust. He's sick." "What with?" "Sitzenlust. Chronic. The opposite of wanderlust.
Rex Stout quotes: There has never been a smoother operation since Whosis scattered the dust on the temple floor. There has never been a smoother operation since Whosis scattered the dust on the temple floor.
Rex Stout quotes: To drink champagne with a blonde at one elbow and a brunette at the other gives a man a sense of well-being, and To drink champagne with a blonde at one elbow and a brunette at the other gives a man a sense of well-being, and
Rex Stout quotes: There's nothing as safe as ignorance or as dangerous. There's nothing as safe as ignorance or as dangerous.
Rex Stout quotes: It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world. It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.
Rex Stout quotes: I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience. I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.
Rex Stout quotes: The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels. The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.
Rex Stout quotes: We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits. We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.
Rex Stout quotes: I have a strong moral sense - by my standards. I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
Rex Stout quotes: A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality
Rex Stout quotes: He was as indignant and irritated as if he had been served a veal cutlet with an egg perched on it. He was as indignant and irritated as if he had been served a veal cutlet with an egg perched on it.
Rex Stout quotes: I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself. I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.
Rex Stout quotes: Only the man that knows to little, knows too much. Nero Wolfe Only the man that knows to little, knows too much. Nero Wolfe
Rex Stout quotes: To anyone seeing him but not knowing him, Saul Panzer was nothing but a little guy with a big nose who never quite caught up with his shaving. To anyone seeing him but not knowing him, Saul Panzer was nothing but a little guy with a big nose who never quite caught up with his shaving.
Rex Stout quotes: man with his frontal lobes pushed back like that is unpredictable. man with his frontal lobes pushed back like that is unpredictable.
Rex Stout quotes: I like to walk around Manhattan, catching glimpses of its wild life, the pigeons and cats and girls. I like to walk around Manhattan, catching glimpses of its wild life, the pigeons and cats and girls.
Rex Stout quotes: Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
Rex Stout quotes: Loyalty is a very fine thing, but it shouldn't be allowed to get the bit between its teeth. I Loyalty is a very fine thing, but it shouldn't be allowed to get the bit between its teeth. I
Rex Stout quotes: She's capable of anything, and she's as deft as a bear's tongue. She's capable of anything, and she's as deft as a bear's tongue.
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: When I consider myself superior to anyone, as I frequently do, I need a better reason than his skin. When I consider myself superior to anyone, as I frequently do, I need a better reason than his skin.
Rex Stout quotes: If you collected all the good faith in this room right now you might fill a teaspoon. If you collected all the good faith in this room right now you might fill a teaspoon.
Rex Stout quotes: The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books. The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.
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: You can't base your actions on the theory that anyone you don't keep your eye on is apt to get killed. You can't base your actions on the theory that anyone you don't keep your eye on is apt to get killed.
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 constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized. The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.
Rex Stout quotes: He growled. "You know quite well that that locution is vile. He growled. "You know quite well that that locution is vile.
Rex Stout quotes: If you want to be contentious wait until you learn what you have to contend with. It works better that way. If you want to be contentious wait until you learn what you have to contend with. It works better that way.
Rex Stout quotes: The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person, - Nero Wolfe The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person, - Nero Wolfe
Rex Stout quotes: There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living - cook books and detective stories. There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living - cook books and detective stories.
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.

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