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
eliminate matter whatever
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
mistake writing what-matters
It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?
matter impossible unlikely
When you have eliminated the impossible, what is left, no matter how unlikely, is the truth.
mind criticism matter
Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
matter moral problem
Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.
men mind matter
No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
humanity matter ifs
I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.
motivational matter impossible
When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.
inspirational life god
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
blood devil agents
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
common logic crime
Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
research sociopath psychopath
I'm not a psychopath, I'm a fully functioning sociopath. Do your research.
mind answers
Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.
imagination mystery horror
There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.