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