Maigret Quotes

#1. No one trusts me any more. I spent half the movie Maigret (1988) (TV) arguing with people and I was accused of causing big on-set rows. But what they won't tell you is I fought for Simeneon. I fought for the maintenance of quality. I don't believe in lyin.

Richard Harris

#2. It was the serene cheerfulness of a man who has no nightmares, who feels at peace with himself and everyone else. They [Americans] were almost all of them like that. And it definitely got Maigret's back up. It made him think of clothing that was too neat, too clean, too well-pressed.

Georges Simenon

#3. Sunday lay so heavily in the air as to become almost nauseating. Maigret used to claim openly, half seriously, half in fun, that he had always had the knack of sensing a Sunday from his bed, without even having to open his eyes.

Georges Simenon

#4. She is incredibly faithful, just not to the same man

Caroline De Maigret

#5. Now, this was a combination that she wouldn't dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.

B. Barmanbek

#6. You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

Robert Breault

#7. There were worse things than feeling guilty, like feeling dead.

Lori Brighton

#8. Underneath it all, we are wild and we know it.

Reginald Ray

#9. Human character is smaller now, people don't have durable passions; they've replaced passions with excitement.

Saul Bellow

#10. It then occurs to me that I am mentally unstable.
So I decided to close my office door and go online. Maybe I can do some research and find out what's wrong with my personality and then fix it.

Augusten Burroughs

#11. I had always been told that you shouldn't clean the litter box when you're pregnant, because of your cat. And I think that is overblown - unless you have, like, three kittens in your house that are living outside and eating raw meat, this shouldn't really be a significant source of concern.

Emily Oster

#12. ... because commonsensically speaking, a room full of good books had to better for your health than a room with no books in it at all.

Susan Branch

#13. Enjoy the face you have today. It's the one you'll wish you have ten years from now.

Caroline De Maigret

#14. Crying is always easier in the dark.

Rick Yancey

#15. Genre fiction, as Terry Pratchett has pointed out, is a stew. You take stuff out of the pot, you put stuff back. The stew bubbles on.

Neil Gaiman

#16. Having strength, having a strong military, is the ally of peace. Exercising that strength through military action is not always necessary if you have the confidence and clarity of vision and purpose which America demands.

Mitt Romney