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
imagination balance use
We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.
men imagination black
If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination.
mother often-is imagination
It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
common logic crime
Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
mind ruins noble
Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
jewels use ornaments
A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.
moon differences sun
What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
men statistics individual
...while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
law citizens good-citizen
My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.
law justice
I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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.