Agatha Christie was a prolific writer, with a career spanning over five decades. Christie’s strengths as a writer was her ability to create suspense and tension throughout her stories, building up to a thrilling and satisfying conclusion. She also had a keen eye for human behavior and psychology, using her understanding of the way people think and behave to create complex and intriguing characters, here are famous Agatha Christie movie quotes:
- “We all have a past. Ghosts. They are the shadows of our dreams.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “There’s a time when all of us must let go of our beliefs, our certainties, our comforts, and confront the world with pure eyes.” – Death on the Nile (2022)
- “Life is short, but a smile takes barely a second.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” – Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
- “There are no good or bad people, only good or bad decisions.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “A woman should always have a glass of champagne ready in case of emergencies.” – Death on the Nile (2022)
- “Life is a game, and the only thing that matters is whether you win or lose.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.” – Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “A dead body is the best detective you have.” – Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” – Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- “Evil is not just something you are, it’s also something you do.” – Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
- “My instinct tells me that when something looks too good to be true, it usually is.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “Sometimes what we think we know, we don’t really know at all.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “It’s not the guilty who matter. It’s the innocent.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “Murder is never straightforward.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “When we’re young, we’re taught the difference between right and wrong. As we grow up, we learn the difference between good and evil.” – Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
- “Life is like a train, it stops at stations, but the journey is far from over.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “We all have secrets. The ones we keep… and the ones that are kept from us.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “Murder is easy.” – Murder Is Easy (1982)
- “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world.” – The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
- “It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely.” – Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- “There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.” – Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
- “It’s not your thoughts that count, it’s what you do.” – Murder Ahoy! (1964)
- “In this world, there is always one person who is the killer.” – And Then There Were None (1945)
- “I see what I see, I know what I know, and I can’t unknow it.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “A woman’s past is never dead, it’s always living within her.” – Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- “There’s something about this house that seems to drive people mad.” – 10 Little Indians (1965)
- “There is no such thing as the perfect crime.” – Evil Under the Sun (1982)
- I like a good detective story myself. The intellectual exercise is a treat.” – Knives Out (2019)
- “Everyone has something to hide.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “Appearances can be deceiving.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “All human beings are ridiculous… some more than others.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “She’s got a hide on her like an elephant, but she’s not a bad sort.” – Death on the Nile (2022)
- “I know how to keep a secret, it’s the people around me who don’t.” – Death on the Nile (2022)
- “It’s not every day one is accused of murder.” – Death on the Nile (2022)
- “Don’t believe everything you hear, even in your own mind.” – Death on the Nile (2022)
- “People often say things they don’t mean, especially when they’re angry.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “There are things that cannot be unseen.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “We all have secrets. The ones we keep… and the ones that are kept from us.” – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” – Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- “The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.” – Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- “Evil is not just something you are, it’s also something you do.” – Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
- “Everyone has something to hide.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “Sometimes what we think we know, we don’t really know at all.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “It’s not the guilty who matter. It’s the innocent.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “Murder is never straightforward.” – Crooked House (2017)
- “When we’re young, we’re taught the difference between right and wrong. As we grow up, we learn the difference between good and evil.” – Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
- “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” – Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
