Hercule Poirot Quotes

I am of an age where I know what I like and what I do not like. What I like, I enjoy enormously. What I dislike, I cannot abide.

Whatever people say, there is right, there is wrong. There is nothing in between.

I am Hercule Poirot. I do not need to be told. I have eyes and they see. A brain and it thinks. It now thinks somewhat poorly of you.[to Andrew]

Human nature is perverse in its complexity. To plumb it, it takes the right tools.

Ah, love. It is not safe.

You have a choice still. You can ruin his life or begin a new one. It may not be the life that you imagined, but perhaps it will be the life that God intended.[to Jackie, about Simon]

Romance never goes unpunished.

My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.

I have the advantage. I can only see the world as it should be. And when it is not, the imperfection stands out like the nose in the middle of a face. It makes most of life unbearable. But it is useful in the detection of crime.

I am at my happiest alone.

We seek the truth from within, not without.

There are many fine detectives. Well, that is not true. There are many average detectives. But to be what I am, it requires fixedness of mind. The little grey cells pampered, indulged, given all the oxygen in my blood, and minutes on my clock.[to Bouc]