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
destruction accepting interest
if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.
men air income
I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
men evil girlhood
Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
art men important
To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.
book reading writing
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.
animal links able
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
classic easy excellent
Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.
fate rivers may
So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.
emotional quality clear
The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
circles done wheels
Everything comes in circles. [...] The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.
waiting
One must wait till it comes.
thinking gentleman pockets
I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.
usual holmes compounds
I suppose I shall have to compound a felony, as usual. - Sherlock Holmes
heart wickedness holmes
I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.