Agatha Christie Quotes

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

Sydney's a beautiful city. It was a great experience.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.

My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!

Our theology is still in a time of crisis, and I think this will last for some years more.

How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?

I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.

Rights are in the power of the people.

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies.

Most visions of extraterrestrial life are actually steeped in human hubris. The fictional extraterrestrials of 'Star Trek' or a hundred other space operas are less alien than many of my neighbors. And funny, the ones running the place are mostly WASPish men.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Prayers not felt by us are seldom heard by God.

As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on 'All in the Family.' He helped me get my start as a director. He was the one who said, 'Let him do 'Spinal Tap.' Let him give it a try,' because I had been trying for years to get that thing off the ground.

I do quite a lot of flying in my concerts.

There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.

Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.