Famous quotes containing the words time and/or detective:
“If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.”
—O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] (1862–1910)
“Everybody thinks detectives do nothing but ask questions. But detectives have souls the same as anyone else.... You know, Mrs. Beragon, being a detective is like, well, like making an automobile. You just take all the pieces and put them together one by one. First thing you know you’ve got an automobile. Or a murderer.”
—Ranald MacDougall (1915–1973)