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
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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.
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All men are reasoning animals more than any other animal. They have a bigger brain and better brain. And we reason with our brain.
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A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.
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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
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[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
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Everything in a story should be credible.
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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.
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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...
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It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.
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Opinions, from experts, cost money.
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Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.
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There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick.
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The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime.
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As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.