All Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
- I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. Inspirational
- The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name. Ceased
- Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same. All
- By George!" cried the inspector. "How did you ever see that?" Because I looked for it. Cried
- The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods. Among
- You have been in Afghanistan I perceive. Afghanistan
- There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman. Cub
- So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not but think what… Bloodhound
- I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart. Deeply
- I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix. Appendix
- What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instinct… All
- It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for… Accuracy
- There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again. Clean
- You see, but you do not observe. Curiosity
- Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction. Cures
- I am not a very good man, Effie, but I think that I am a better one than you have given me credit for being. Better
- Some people's affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls. Affability
- When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank. Bank
- Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed. Adaptable
- The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone. Action
- There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy. Any
- A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people… Animal
- Anything is better than stagnation. Better
- The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest. Compensation
- I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours. End