10 Jan
“Most investigators don’t even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they’d ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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The detective and his criminal wear versions of the same mask.
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Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled.
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The instant they say something you don’t expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode.
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To read of a detective’s daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
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The main purpose of a significance test is to inhibit the natural enthusiasm of the investigator.
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Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter.
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The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.
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The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.
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Most investigators don’t even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they’d ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.
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You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.
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The investigators are gathering evidence all the time and they’ve put together a package of evidence.
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The trouble is that all the investigators proceeded in exactly the same spirit, the spirit that is of scientific curiosity, and with no possibility of telling whether the issue of their work would prove them to be fiends, or dreamers, or angels.
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity.
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You do not mess with the special investigators.
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O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.
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A really good detective never gets married.
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With the Great Detective, to think was to act, and to act was to think. Frequently he could do both together.
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