Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

Chelsea Cain

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

Cary Fukunaga

In the field of biological weapons, there is almost no prospect of detecting a pathogen until it has been used in an attack.

Barton Gellman

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

Bruce Schneier

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

David Herbert Donald

I know you're there. I can detect your presence each time it closes in on mine.

Donna Lynn Hope

I played a homosexual bodyguard in 'The Last Detective,' and that was quite a pleasure to do something slightly different. I was a very camp bodyguard!

Dave Legeno

[peering into bag that Jeffrey brought] Detective Williams: That's a human ear all right.

Blue Velvet

[describing Frank to Detective Williams] Jeffrey Beaumont: Frank... is a very sick and dangerous man.

Blue Velvet

Detective Wuertz: Dent. Jesus. I thought you was dead. Two-Face: Half.

The Dark Knight

Detective Remy Bressant: Where I come from, you die with your secrets.

Gone Baby Gone

Detective Park Doo-Man: Once this dries, the stain will form the shape of the murderer's face.

Memories of Murder

In times of terror, when everyone is something of a conspirator, everyone will be in a situation where he has to play detective.

Walter Benjamin

'Puffball' is a love story... no, it's a life story.

Nicolas Roeg

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you ...

First Among Sequels

She didn't see him watching as he played, having no idea that Hans Hubermann's accordion was a story. In the times ahead, that story would arrive at 33 Himmel Street in the early hours of morning, wearing ruffled shoulders and a shivering jacket. It ...

The Book Thief

You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing, Strike

The Cuckoo's Calling

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

Liberty and the news

One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.

David Oyelowo

If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.'

Nic Pizzolatto

There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.

Paul Bremer