Private Detective

Famous quotes containing the words private detective, private and/or detective:

    “Eddie: Who are you soldier?
    Philip Marlowe: Marlowe’s my name. I’m a private detective.”
    —William Faulkner (1897–1962)

    “Always get rid of theory private object in this way: assume that it constantly changes, but that you do not notice the change because your memory constantly deceives you.”
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    “I’ve always credited the private detective with a high degree of omniscience. Or is that only true in rental fiction?”
    —John Paxton (1911–1985)