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Watson Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson,…
- Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer of womankind, as…
- Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.
- Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.
- He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected…
- I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
- "I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. "On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason…
- One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock…
- We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr.…
- Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking…
- Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture, where the most logical mind may be at fault. Sherlock Holmes speaking with…
- You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
- The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child." What on earth has that to do with it?" I ejaculated. My…
- My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen…
- Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot.
- Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know…
- Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.
- 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…
- I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.
- 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.
- Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a…
- There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their…
- I say, Watson,’ he whispered, ‘would you be afraid to sleep in the same room as a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain,…
- You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To…
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- If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the Nobel Prize… — Unknown Author
- One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of a spinal… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- Exactly. She does not shine as a wife even in her own account of what occurred. I am not a whole-souled admirer… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the… — Thomas Boswell
- The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its… — Jacques Monod
- And now the announcement of Watson and Crick about DNA. This is for me the real proof of the existence of God. — Salvador Dali
- First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you." — Alexander Graham Bell
- I think that the formation of [DNA's] structure by Watson and Crick may turn out to be the greatest developments in the… — Linus Pauling
- If Watson and I had not discovered the [DNA] structure, instead of being revealed with a flourish it would have trickled out… — Francis Crick
- Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson… — A. A. Gill