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“There's nothing as safe as ignorance or as dangerous.”

Quote by Rex Stout

Book:Triple Jeopardy

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Triple Jeopardy

In this gripping thriller, the protagonist navigates a series of dangerous situations, leading to a suspenseful climax. more

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Rex Stout was an American writer renowned for his detective novels. His works, featuring the character of Nero Wolfe, have won the hearts of many readers. Stout's writing career spanned half a century, and his contributions had a profound impact on the genre of detective fiction. more

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“Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.”

Believe May Seems Force Cutting Raises Clubs Wit Sarcasm Brutes Pierce Bruises Brute Force

Author:Rex Stout

“Bosh. I find a rival - but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol Bonner - I find an eminent detective in your apartment, and that alone is enough, without adding that he is concealed in your bedroom while I am discussing my business with you.”

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Book:Bad for Business

Source: Bad for Business

“The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story.”

Ends Stories Happens Incredibles Things Happen Tricks Holmes

Author:Rex Stout

“Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first and that's why they're still the best ones.”

Firsts Stills Stories Lasts Courses Modern Tricks Detectives Detective Stories

Author:Rex Stout

“There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could no longer afford that I wrote for money.”

Damn Great Writers

Author:Rex Stout

“There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions - is he tall, is he short? - he had better quit.”

Ifs Kind Two Character Asks Born Fiction Quitting Tall Synthetic

Author:Rex Stout

“One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to live another year so that Nixon won't be President. If he's re-elected I'll have to live another four years.”

Ifs Years Reason President Numbers Four Trouble Four Years Another Year Reason To Live

Author:Rex Stout

“It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.”

Facts Jobs Lying Determine Relate Patriotism Reporters Patriot

Author:Walter Cronkite

“Why are scientists now using lawyers in laboratory experiments instead of rats? Three reasons: (1) lawyers are more plentiful than rats, (2) there is no danger the scientists will become attached to the lawyers, and (3) there are some things rats just won't do.”

Reason Three Danger Scientist Lawyer Experiments Rats Laboratory Plentiful

Author:Gerry Spence

“As we drive down the freeways, we see the new cars, but not the massive new-car loans that enslave their drivers to the banks.”

Car Massive Drivers Loan Freeways New Car Car Loan

Book:Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

Source: Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century