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
data errors finding-yourself
Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You can find yourself insensibly twisting them round to suit your theories.
earth sides danger
Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?
mind criticism matter
Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
struggle purpose exhausted
It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.
inspirational life dog
Dogs don't make mistakes.
consistency deception want
We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.
salad lettuce dressings
You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.
blood devil agents
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
data bricks clay
Data!data!data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.
sleep men night
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, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?’ ‘Not in the least,’ I answered in astonishment. ‘Ah, that’s lucky,’ he said, and not another word would he utter that night.
shoes lazy devil
I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.
men information congrats
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 Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson.
rooms alive ifs
If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive.
writing want copies
If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are.