Agatha Christie

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something read more

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in read more

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also read more

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also read more

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.