What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.
Rex StoutA man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.
Rex StoutAs long as I live I'll never forget the time he had a bank president pinched, or rather I did, on no evidence whatever except that the fountain pen on his desk was dry. I was never so relieved in my life as when the guy shot himself an hour later.
Rex StoutFrankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.
Rex StoutThis is the unluckiest day I've had since my rich uncle changed doctors.
Rex StoutAs I understand it, a born executive is a guy who, when anything difficult or unexpected happens, yells for somebody to come and help him.
Rex StoutShe had been a pleasant surprise. From what her father had said I had expected an intellectual treat in a plain wrapper, but the package was attractive enough to take your attention off of the contents....she was not in any way hard to look at, and those details which had been first disclosed when she appeared in her swimming rig were completely satisfactory.
Rex StoutI try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know.
(Nero Wolfe)
Women don't require motives that are comprehensible to my intellectual processes.
(Nero Wolfe)
If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you're surprised if a National Chairman calls you to tell you his party wants to nominate you for President of the United States, but you're not really surprised.
Rex StoutTag: ego
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