Quotes About Miss Marple

#1. 'Miss Marple' enjoys every minute of her existence and is not worried about getting old.

Geraldine McEwan

#2. There is, as Miss Marple would say, a lot of human nature in all of us.

Agatha Christie

#3. When I was asked to play 'Miss Marple,' I was given the Kevin Elyot script for 'The Body in the Library.' I was a fan of his theatre work anyway, and I just thought it was brilliant. I was immediately taken by 'Miss Marple,' so I read some of the novels, and I knew I had to do it.

Geraldine McEwan

#4. If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid.

Agatha Christie

#5. True to the precepts handed down to her by her mother and grandmother - to wit: that a true lady can neither be shocked nor surprised - Miss Marple merely raised her eyebrows and shook her head,

Agatha Christie

#6. One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.

Agatha Christie

#7. And briefly and succinctly, he put Miss Marple's theory of the crime before the doctor, ending up with her final suggestion.

Agatha Christie

#8. Just as you can accept Miss Marple going to tea with the vicar, there's no reason why Long Island can't have a universality to it.

Susan Isaacs

#9. Miss Marple made the kind of noise that would once have been written down as 'tut-tut'.

Agatha Christie

#10. Edward turned to Miss Marple. "It's like this, you see. As Uncle Mathew grew older, he got more and more suspicious. He didn't trust anybody." "Very wise of him," said Miss Marple. "The depravity of human nature is unbelievable.

Agatha Christie

#11. It's very dangerous to believe people, I haven't for years.
Miss Marple from A Sleeping Murder.

Agatha Christie

#12. Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.

Joan Hickson

#13. But it wasn't really scandals Miss Marple wanted. Nothing to get your teeth into in scandals nowadays. Just men and women changing partners, and calling attention to it, instead of trying decently to hush it up and be properly ashamed of themselves.

Agatha Christie

#14. In an English village, you turn over a stone and have no idea what will crawl out.
Miss Marple

Agatha Christie

#15. I feel I could be walking down the street, and if somebody talked to me, I could just slot into 'Miss Marple' and know how she would react.

Geraldine McEwan

#16. Miss Marple made a ladylike noise of vexation like a cat sneezing to indicate profound disgust.

Agatha Christie

#17. So many things are difficult, said Miss Marple. It was a useful phrase which she used often.

Agatha Christie

#18. I thought I was the wrong shape: that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded, and now, well - I can only do it my way.

Joan Hickson

#19. I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.

Helen Oyeyemi

#20. Everybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don't realise it. - Miss Marple

Agatha Christie

#21. Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead.

Peter York

#22. Miss Marple always sees everything. Gardening is as good as a smoke screen, and the habit of observing birds through powerful glasses can always be turned to account.

Agatha Christie

#23. Miss Marple is a white-haired old lady with a gentle appealing manner- Miss Wetherby is a mixture of vinegar and gush. Of the two Miss Marple is the more dangerous.

Agatha Christie

#24. Human nature is always interesting ... And it's curious to see how certain types always tend to act in exactly the same way. - Miss Marple, The Herb of Death, Pg. 167

Agatha Christie

#25. Maybe if I prayed to Miss Marple, she'd hook me up with a clue

Ilona Andrews

#26. Such a sweet letter from Lady Conway ... You remember my telling you about her? Her memory's bad. Can't recognize her relations always and tells them to go away."
"That might be shrewdness really," said Miss Marple, "rather than a loss of memory.

Agatha Christie

#27. Yes," said Miss Marple. "The children of Lucifer are often beautiful - And as we know, they flourish like the green bay tree.

Agatha Christie

#28. I have made it a habit," said Miss Marple. "To be careful?" "I should not put it exactly like that, but I have made a point of being always ready to disbelieve as well as believe anything that is told to me.

Agatha Christie

#29. No," said Miss Marple. "You believed what he said. It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.

Agatha Christie

#30. Everyone's life has a tempo. Ruth's was presto whereas Miss Marple's was content to be adagio.

Agatha Christie

#31. It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.

Agatha Christie

#32. Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me?

Agatha Christie

#33. She's had a long life of experience in noticing evil, fancying evil, suspecting evil and going forth to do battle with evil.

Agatha Christie

#34. Her account is that she tried to get out of having to read it, but it was no use."
"And that's fair enough," sighed Craddock. "If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!

Agatha Christie