22 Quotes by T E Kinsey

It’s abductive reasoning, not deductive. Working from observation to theory is abduction, not deduction.’ ‘But.

Even without Lady Hardcastle’s scientific education I knew that being suspended by the neck on a length of sturdy rope wasn’t conducive to long life.

It’s abductive reasoning, not deductive. Working from observation to theory is abduction, not deduction.’ ‘But I thought – ’ ‘Yes, you and so many other people. We know who to blame, of course, and I’ve written to him more than once care of his publisher, but he takes no notice.

A stiff upper lip is much less impressive when its stiffness is caused by its being frozen solid. But.

You know how these chaps can be. They promise to put everything in its place, but then you move in and find that they’ve put the aspidistra in the bedroom and the piano in the kitchen.

Mysteries are at their most interesting while they remain mysterious.

They even managed to put the books on the shelves.’ She looked closer. ‘I’m not sure I’d have put Charles Dickens next to Isaac Newton except at a dinner party, and then only if Nellie Melba hadn’t turned up, but they’ve done their best.

His quiet confidence in his authority and abilities left him free to treat everyone around him with calm respect.

I’m not sure I’d have put Charles Dickens next to Isaac Newton except at a dinner party, and then only if Nellie Melba hadn’t turned up, but they’ve done their best.