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Rex Stout Quotes

Rex Stout quotes

American Writer December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975

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Rex Stout quote: "I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too..."
I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself. Rex Stout
I could have told, just looking at him, that that was the tone he would use asking a question. A tone that took it for granted any question he asked was going to be answered because he asked it. I don't like it and I know of no way anybody is ever going to make me like it. Rex Stout
Rex Stout quote: "In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are..."
In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted. Rex Stout
Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat. Rex Stout
Shucked and boiled in water, sweet corn is edible and nutritious; roasted in the husk in the hottest possible oven for forty minutes, shucked at the table, and buttered and salted, nothing else, it is ambrosia. No chef's ingenuity and imagination have ever created a finer dish. Rex Stout
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled. Rex Stout
Rex Stout quote: "Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at..."
Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful. Rex Stout
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
Rex Stout quote: "Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear."
Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear. Rex Stout
Rex Stout quote: "The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if..."
The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold -- if you have one. Rex Stout
Rex Stout quote: "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
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
Rex Stout quote: "a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist..."
...a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. Rex Stout
The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of decisions have been made. A thing like that has to come from entropy. Rex Stout
Rex Stout quote: "I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I..."
I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know.(Nero Wolfe) Rex Stout

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