Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
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There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less and a cleaner, better stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.
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A man with so large a brain must have something in it.
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Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.
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I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
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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 longer working career than most of his brethren.
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I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.
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Well, sir, let us do what we can to curtail this visit, which can hardly be agreeable to you, and is inexpressibly irksome to me.
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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?
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It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believes that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes.
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An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .
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The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.
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All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.
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There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
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To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.
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The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.
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I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive.
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You see, but you do not observe.
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Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.
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When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth.
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That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
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Violence recoils on the violent.
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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 dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining insight as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't you see that the converse is equally valid.