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World Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. ... The next…
- He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie…
- To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon; but to her he always remained the little wilful boy…
- You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. I will free the world…
- Are you conscious of the restful influence which the stars exert? To me they are the most soothing things in Nature. I am proud to…
- 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…
- The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
- What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
- ...it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire…
- At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to…
- The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.
- I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours.
- There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their…
- Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before…
- There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
- I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world?…
- It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
- There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits…
- As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters.…
- The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.
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- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach