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The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4) QUOTES

The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4) QUOTES

1 " Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. "

― Rex Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)

2 " As 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 Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)

3 " They say it works sometimes, but even if it does, how could you depend on anything you got that way? Not to mention that after you did it a few times any decent garbage can would be ashamed to have you found in it. "

― Rex Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)

4 " I followed the pavement a little over a mile and then turned left again onto a dirt road. It was as narrow as a bigot’s mind, and I got in the ruts and stayed there. "

― Rex Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)

5 " I had heard of this Frisbie, an Assistant District Attorney, but had never seen him. I observed, when he entered, that I hadn’t missed much. He was the window-dummy type—high collar, clothes pressed very nice, and embalmed stiff and cold. The only thing you could tell from his eyes was that his self-esteem almost hurt him. "

― Rex Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)

6 " That is always a triumph, to evade boredom. "

― Rex Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)

7 " If you’re so sure violence is inferior technique, you should have seen that exhibition; it was wonderful. They say it works sometimes, but even if it does, how could you depend on anything you got that way? Not to mention that after you had done it a few times any decent garbage can would be ashamed to have you found in it. "

― Rex Stout , The Red Box (Nero Wolfe, #4)