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.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

Topics: Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or...

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of...

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until...

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until...

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you...

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you...

I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by...

I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by...

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget...

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget...

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,...

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,...

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying...

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying...

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always...

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always...

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the...

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.

Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.