Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DLwas an Irish-Scots writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 May 1859
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
Arthur Conan Doyle quotes about
funny-inspirational knowledge men
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
voice canada
The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.
men average numbers
While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will be up to, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.
life book numbers
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
inspirational life god
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
courage stupid anticipation
It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
strong men weak-man
When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.
europe darkness brain
When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities.
business men brain
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
fate world way
The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.
self departure modesty
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 exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
silly character strange
Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.
life men mind
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
business names people
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.