Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle Sr

Topics: Ability Quotes

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever...

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever...

I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem

I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy

'Accounts are not quite settled between us,' said she, with a passion that equaled my...

'Accounts are not quite settled between us,' said she, with a passion that equaled my...

'Accounts are not quite settled between us,' said she, with a passion that equaled my...

'Accounts are not quite settled between us,' said she, with a passion that equaled my...

You see, but you do not observe

You see, but you do not observe

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he...

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he...

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when...

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when...

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he...

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he...

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all...

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all...

A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is thought in cold storage.

I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished...

I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else -...

What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else -...

Man does not bring to God's altar the stuff of nature in itself, in its...

Man does not bring to God's altar the stuff of nature in itself, in its...