Memorable Quotes and quotations from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle British mystery author & physician (1859 - 1930)


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study in Scarlet
- The chief proof of mans greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) Sign of Four
- "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
- It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892
- It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes)
- This is quite a three-pipe problem.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
- There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) The Sign of Four, 1890
- How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes)
- It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
- Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
- When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
- Mediocrity does not see higher than itself. But talent instantly recognizes the genius.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Dr. John H. Watson, referring to Sherlock Holmes, in "A Scandal in Bohemia"
- The stage lost a fine actor, just as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes)
- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -
- It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes)
- ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) A Scandal in Bohemia, 1892
- You see, but you do not observe.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
- Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes in The Copper Beeches
- It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892
- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.