Rex Stout
Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stoutwas an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas between 1934 and 1975...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 December 1886
CountryUnited States of America
based believe man rational reasoning
To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.
american-writer animals bigger brain men reasoning
All men are reasoning animals more than any other animal. They have a bigger brain and better brain. And we reason with our brain.
admiration wealth fortitude
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
pleasant-surprises pessimist optimist
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
stories incredibles ends
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.
husband cooking four
The fricassee with dumplings is made by a Mrs. Miller whose husband has left her four times on account of her disposition and returned four times on account of her cooking...
choices world force
It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.
experts cost opinion
Opinions, from experts, cost money.
income crime taxes
The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime.
latter distasteful
As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.
literature trials obscenity
What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?
equality trying would-be
God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.
damn great-writers
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.
billions inside joined minute particles womb
The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of decisions have been made. A thing like that has to come from entropy.