Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bertrand Russell

In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are those to which this vicarious outlet is too mild.

One of our detectives was investigating the possibility that he was violating the restraining order. After talking to him and other witnesses, he was arrested.

Robert Stone

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the inner structure of what he's playing - that's the way it works in the writing of a novel. You pick up the beat.

Jeff Greenfield

If there's any sign of life in that campaign, I haven't been able to detect it,

If she is given full immunity ... in order to verify that she's telling the truth, which I'm sure she is, I would be happy to submit her to a polygraph examination. Lie detector's not a good word because they can't detect lies.

Peter Wallace

When you are going through the area, (the device) will automatically detect a network.

Robert Crais

I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I'm of a generation that followed Robert Parker, and it was impossible to read the genre and not be influenced by him.

To be frank we didn't detect anything new in their approach.

Cornelia Funke

They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all.

David Lynch

You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.

There is a lot of noise on the power line. Our technology can detect noise and overcome it by using other frequencies. We can also place repeaters on the network that will be activated when needed, for example when the microwave is switched on.

It's about early detection and rapid response. The threats are not going away.

That's the goal, because we're hopeful that in the near future we'll be able to detect who's going to get it and have pharmaceutical drug interventions so we can stop them from getting it.

It just comes down to old-fashioned detective work. It's knocking on doors--asking questions.

It's a lot of relationship building, horse trading and detective work. When you work in this field you meet a lot of people, but they're not just going to take their pieces off the wall for you.

It shows the detectives doing their job, doing it properly.

Manny Farber

'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.

Once the offer was made for cash, detectives stepped in.

Detectives interviewed multiple witnesses in this case. One told us that Matthew had spoke to the witness and told them that he was involved in the stabbing the victim.

Detectives did a very good job. We don't question why things happen.

The Model is a kind of gauge that we use to help us detect trends in the market. Either we are seeing a real increase in the number of space systems being proposed or we are simply getting better at finding information on programs that are out there ... It's probably a little of both.

David Lynch

You're right on the money with that, ... We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.

There's at least four others that have been implicated initially and the detectives are working very really hard to locate these subjects. We don't know exactly where they may be. They may be in town, in state or perhaps even out of state.

Lindsey Graham

We have gutted our ability to detect the next attack. And I would not stand for that as president of the United States.

We will form a vigilance team to inspect all the 4,000 ready-made garment factories round the year and detect violators, who will face strict action.

The real nifty thing ... is to be able to detect huge amounts of pipeline at a time.

Our detectives worked very hard on this, ... There was no smoking gun. It took a real team effort.

Our detectives were very concerned. This was a recipe for disaster.

Andrew Gould

There are really no other methods at present that can detect planets of this mass and at this separation.

James Denton

Is he a plumber, a detective - who knows. It's so confusing.

William Godwin

Once annihilate the quackery of government, and the most homebred understanding might be strong enough to detect the artifices of the state juggler that would mislead him.

Not only does this software detect activity, it starts making its own measurements before researchers even look at the data. It does what a human on the ground would do.

Strong surveillance and response networks for early detection of pandemic virus will make a difference.