#detect

I did my very first film with Kirk in Detective Story when he was the greatest, greatest star in the world. I fell in love with him, had a crush on him then. ↗

— Lee Grant

#detective #detective story #did #fell #film

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#case #cases #cold #court #court cases

Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#books #cast #changes #characters #detective

We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes, we arrive at the frontier of the known universe. ↗

— Edwin Powell Hubble

#constantly #detected #faintest #farther #find

Originality is undetected plagiarism. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#plagiarism #undetected

It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#earned #good #good luck #hard #like

The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#chambers #deposited #detectors #different #distinguish

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective. ↗

— James Ellroy

#am #career #could #detective #i

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#both #control #detectors #forks #good

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism. ↗

— Dean Inge

#plagiarism #undetected