--- title: "29 Should Quotes By Arthur Conan Doyle" description: "29 Should quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Plus more from Arthur Conan Doyle and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/arthur-conan-doyle-273_abstinence_great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-i_589583.jpg" --- > [Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-intense-hunger-not-abstinence/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/arthur-conan-doyle-273_abstinence_great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-i_589583.jpg) > [“The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I’m afraid that all the queen’s horses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/the-whole-force-of-the-state-is-at-your-back-if-you-should-need-it-i/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/arthur-conan-doyle-273_book_the-whole-force-of-the-state-is-at-your_1021023.jpg) > [I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-have-mastered-the-principles-of-several-religions-they-have-all/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/arthur-conan-doyle-273_accepting_i-have-mastered-the-principles-of-severa_860394.jpg) > [On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/on-general-principles-it-is-best-that-i-should-not-leave-the-country/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/arthur-conan-doyle-273_causes_on-general-principles-it-is-best-that-i_411195.jpg) > [Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/why-should-people-ever-take-credit-for-charity-when-they-must-know/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/arthur-conan-doyle-273_charity_why-should-people-ever-take-credit-for-c_2144138.jpg) > [A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/a-fine-thought-in-fine-language-is-a-most-precious-jewel-and-should/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/arthur-conan-doyle-273_exposed_a-fine-thought-in-fine-language-is-a-mos_130327.jpg) > [Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/detection-is-or-ought-to-be-an-exact-science-and-should-be-treated-in-2/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/arthur-conan-doyle-273_cold_detection-is-or-ought-to-be-an-exact-sci_857538.jpg) > [I am inclined to think -' said I. 'I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-am-inclined-to-think-said-i-i-should-do-so-sherlock-holmes-remarked/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/arthur-conan-doyle-273_holmes_i-am-inclined-to-think-said-i-i-should-d_1908585.jpg) > [I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-should-be-very-much-obliged-if-you-would-slip-your-revolver-into/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/arthur-conan-doyle-273_argument_i-should-be-very-much-obliged-if-you-wou_2262654.jpg) > [He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea. He could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/he-had-never-seen-a-woman-doctor-before-and-his-whole-conservative/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/arthur-conan-doyle-273_biblical_he-had-never-seen-a-woman-doctor-before_3127787.jpg) > [Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/was-it-hardness-was-it-selfishness-that-she-should-ask-me-to-risk-my/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/arthur-conan-doyle-273_age_was-it-hardness-was-it-selfishness-that_1876424.jpg) > [ My dear Watson," said \[Sherlock Holmes\], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/my-dear-watson-said-sherlock-holmes-i-cannot-agree-with-those-who/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/arthur-conan-doyle-273_agree_my-dear-watson-said-sherlock-holmes-i-ca_760560.jpg) > [We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/we-had-got-as-far-as-this-when-who-should-walk-in-but-the-gentleman/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/arthur-conan-doyle-273_adjectives_we-had-got-as-far-as-this-when-who-shoul_2351211.jpg) > [It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/it-seems-very-strange-that-in-the-course-of-the-world-s-history-so/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/arthur-conan-doyle-273_adopted_it-seems-very-strange-that-in-the-course_2975551.jpg) > [Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/detection-is-or-ought-to-be-an-exact-science-and-should-be-treated-in-3/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/arthur-conan-doyle-273_cold_detection-is-or-ought-to-be-an-exact-sci_2296466.jpg) > [You mentioned your name as if I should recognize it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/you-mentioned-your-name-as-if-i-should-recognize-it-but-beyond-the/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/arthur-conan-doyle-273_bachelors_you-mentioned-your-name-as-if-i-should-r_893483.jpg) > [By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/by-a-man-s-finger-nails-by-his-coat-sleeve-by-his-boots-by-his/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/arthur-conan-doyle-273_boots_by-a-man-s-finger-nails-by-his-coat-slee_52590.jpg) > [There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/there-are-one-or-two-elementary-rules-to-be-observed-in-the-way-of/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/arthur-conan-doyle-273_break_there-are-one-or-two-elementary-rules-to_1081721.jpg) > [Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/exactly-she-does-not-shine-as-a-wife-even-in-her-own-account-of-what/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/arthur-conan-doyle-273_accounts_exactly-she-does-not-shine-as-a-wife-eve_2606840.jpg) > [I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-should-dearly-love-that-the-world-should-be-ever-so-little-better/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/arthur-conan-doyle-273_beast_i-should-dearly-love-that-the-world-shou_2993675.jpg) > [Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should judge, than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/conceive-a-jelly-fish-such-as-sails-in-our-summer-seas-bell-shaped/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/arthur-conan-doyle-273_backwards_conceive-a-jelly-fish-such-as-sails-in-o_1723996.jpg) > [Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/detection-is-or-ought-to-be-an-exact-science-and-should-be-treated-in/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/arthur-conan-doyle-273_cases_detection-is-or-ought-to-be-an-exact-sci_752517.jpg) > [Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/problems-may-be-solved-in-the-study-which-have-baffled-all-those-who-2/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/arthur-conan-doyle-273_able_problems-may-be-solved-in-the-study-whic_1775947.jpg) > [We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/we-all-learn-by-experience-and-your-lesson-this-time-is-that-you/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/arthur-conan-doyle-273_alternatives_we-all-learn-by-experience-and-your-less_1775173.jpg) > [Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/some-facts-should-be-suppressed-or-at-least-a-just-sense-of/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/arthur-conan-doyle-273_facts_some-facts-should-be-suppressed-or-at-le_55646.jpg) > [I should have more faith," he said; "I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-should-have-more-faith-he-said-i-ought-to-know-by-this-time-that/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/arthur-conan-doyle-273_capable_i-should-have-more-faith-he-said-i-ought_249215.jpg) > [As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/as-cuvier-could-correctly-describe-a-whole-animal-by-the/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/arthur-conan-doyle-273_able_as-cuvier-could-correctly-describe-a-who_2753700.jpg) > [Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/should-i-ever-marry-watson-i-should-hope-to-inspire-my-wife-with-some/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/arthur-conan-doyle-273_feelings_should-i-ever-marry-watson-i-should-hope_2622576.jpg) > [The goose we retained until this morning, when there were signs that, in spite of the slight frost, it would be well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/the-goose-we-retained-until-this-morning-when-there-were-signs-that/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/arthur-conan-doyle-273_bird_the-goose-we-retained-until-this-morning_2934001.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Arthur Conan Doyle > [“shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/shattered-the-bone-and-grazed-the-subclavian-artery-i/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/my-mind-rebels-at-stagnation-give-me-problems-give-me-work-give-me/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [...it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral. I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed countryman, one a farrier, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/it-was-a-huge-creature-luminous-ghastly-and-spectral-i-have-cross/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon. There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/a-study-in-scarlet-eh-why-shouldn-t-we-use-a-little-art-jargon-there/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/mediocrity-knows-nothing-higher-than-itself-but-talent-instantly/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“Holy men? Holy cabbages! Holy bean-pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat? If that be holiness, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/holy-men-holy-cabbages-holy-bean-pods-what-do-they-do-but-live-and/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“Wonderful!" I ejaculated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/wonderful-i-ejaculated/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/amberley-excelled-at-chess-a-mark-watson-of-a-scheming-mind/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/ex-professor-moriarty-of-mathematical-celebrity-is-the-napoleon-of/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has the nerve and he has the knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/when-a-doctor-does-go-wrong-he-is-the-first-of-criminals-he-has-the/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/how-small-we-feel-with-our-petty-ambitions-and-strivings-in-the/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/you-wish-to-put-me-in-the-dark-i-tell-you-that-i-will-never-be-put-in/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/my-mind-he-said-rebels-at-stagnation-give-me-problems-give-me-work/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/it-is-hard-luck-on-a-young-fellow-to-have-expensive-tastes-great/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) > [“In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/in-the-year-1878-i-took-my-degree-of-doctor-of-medicine-of-the/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/arthur-conan-doyle/#itemlist", "name": "29 Should Quotes By Arthur Conan Doyle", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur Conan Doyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-intense-hunger-not-abstinence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/arthur-conan-doyle-273_abstinence_great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-i_589583.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/arthur-conan-doyle-273_abstinence_great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-i_589583.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/arthur-conan-doyle-273_abstinence_great-sorrow-or-great-joy-should-bring-i_589583.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have…” — Arthur Conan Doyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. 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