Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.

Arthur Conan Doyle

• Devil
• Shoe leather

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Work
  • Great
  • Career

• The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Art
  • Nature
  • Soul

• In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.

  

  Abbie Cornish
  • Life
  • Real
  • Pretty

• Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Arts
  • Island
  • Puerto Rico

• I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.

  

  Manny Montana
  • Up
  • World
  • Long

• The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • Right
  • Define
  • Imperative

• I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Love
  • Why
  • Want

• God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you’re praying for a million dollars and God said, 'I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested,' it's done, in Jesus' name.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • God
  • Done
  • Jesus

• Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.

  

  Elbert Hubbard
  • Why

• Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it.

  

  Logan Pearsall Smith
  • Sun

• Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

  

  Aeschines
  • Truth
  • Strong

• If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.

  

  Angus King
  • Guy

• 'The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...'

  

  Elie Wiesel
  • World
  • Today

• Kids my age never left California. And here I was, going to school with Aboriginal kids in a dream-like location.

  

  Dylan Penn
  • School
  • Kids
  • Age

• Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

  

  Brené Brown
  • Risk
  • Emotional
  • Vulnerability

• I can remember being fascinated by what people really thought about each other and what they were really doing to each other behind people's backs.

  

  Mark Frost
  • People
  • Remember

• Bipolar indicates that you're not - you don't just experience depression, but the mood swing goes up, and it can go very up.

  

  Patty Duke
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Depression

• I went and worked for my dad after school. I'd show up late and stuff like that.

  

  Chris Farley
  • Up
  • School
  • Dad

• I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Experience
  • Magic
  • Movies

• When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

  

  Matthew Goode
  • Great
  • Family

• When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

  

  Dolly Parton
  • Trying
  • Littles
  • Stills

• I never, never photograph someone getting high to sell clothes. I was called, at some point, the person responsible for "heroin chic". I didn't have anything to do with "heroin chic".

  

  Nan Goldin
  • High
  • Clothes
  • Heroin

• To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is...at last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Peace
  • Looks
  • Faces

• I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.

  

  Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Devil
  • Shoe leather