I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my o…

Agatha Christie
247 citations
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. ✨ Agatha Christie (1990). An autobiography
Thought
26

More Author Quotes

From an early age I knew very strongly the lust to kill. ✨ Agatha Christie (1986). Agatha Christie: five complete novels of murder and detection, Random House Value Publishing
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ✨ Agatha Chri … ▶
That is why most great love stories are tragedies. ✨ Agatha Christie (2004). Poirot in the Orient, Berkley Publishing Group
Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open? ✨ Agatha Christie (1985). Agatha Christie: Five Complete Murder Mysteries, Avenel
Doctors can do almost anything nowadays, can't they, unless they kill you while they're trying to cure you. ✨ Agatha Christie (1992). Endless Night, HarperCollins

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. ✨ Agatha Christie (1990). An autobiography

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes