So if you are in need a little investigative inspiration, check out these quotes from famous investigators, writers, fictional characters and even one from everyone’s favorite pet detective. Enjoy! “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” ~ Sherlock Holmes “There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle "So you're a private detective. I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors." ~ The Big Sleep “Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” ~ John Buchan “I've always credited the private detective with a high degree of omniscience. Or is that only true in rental fiction?” John Paxton “Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.” ~ Agatha Christie “Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.” ~ Plato “Trust, but verify.” ~ Ronald Regan “The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.” ~Stephen King “Fiction can be fun, but I find the reference section a little more enlightening.” ~ Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

1. " 10 QUOTES
Every
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Should know

2. IMPOSSIBLE
WHEN YOU HAVE ELIMINATED THE
WHATEVER REMAINS,
TRUTH.
~ SHERLOCK HOLMES
MUST BE THE
HOWEVER IMPROBABLE,

3. DECEPTIVE
THERE IS NOTHING AS
AS AN OBVIOUS
FACT
~ ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

4. BOOKS,
SO YOU'RE A PRIVATE DETECTIVE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXISTED,
EXCEPT IN
OR ELSE THEY WERE GREASY LITTLE MEN
SNOOPING
~ THE BIG SLEEP
AROUND HOTEL CORRIDORS.

5. BOTTOM OF HIS HEART
EVERY MAN AT THE
BELIEVES THAT HE IS A
BORN DETECTIVE
~ JOHN BUCHAN

6. ONLY TRUE
I'VE ALWAYS CREDITED
THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE
WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF OMNISCIENCE.
OR IS THAT
~ JOHN PAXTON
IN RENTAL FICTION?

7. LARGE SUMS OF MONEY
WHERE
ARE CONCERNED,
IT IS ADVISABLE TO
TRUST NOBODY.
~ AGATHA CHRISTIE

8. FRAUD
WHOEVER IS DETECTED IN A SHAMEFUL
IS EVER AFTER NOT BELIEVED EVEN IF THEY
SPEAK THE TRUTH.
~ PLATO

9. TRUST,
BUT
VERIFY
~ RONALD REAGAN

10. TRUST
THE
OF THE
INNOCENT
~ STEPHEN KING
IS THE
LIAR'S
MOST USEFUL
TOOL.

11. ENLIGHTENING.
FICTION CAN BE FUN,
BUT I FIND THE
~ ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE
A LITTLE MORE
REFERENCE SECTION