All Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
- As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which… Bizarre
- A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. Business
- I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty. Destructive
- The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. Alley
- The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless. Crime
- Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. Circumstantial
- Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. Facts
- A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put… All
- The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all… All
- To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is… Aesthetic
- You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one… Agree
- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in… Able
- Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a… Brethren
- Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he. Classic
- You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. Founded
- So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to… Account
- The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. Antagonistic
- Everything comes in circles. [...] The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. All
- One must wait till it comes. Funny
- Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him. Evil
- I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings… Air
- It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. Book
- The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Any
- if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death. Accept
- You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Companion