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
business men brain
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
world settling ends
I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours.
eye light speak
There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
thinking mouths sulky
I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.
self departure modesty
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
inspirational hype deception
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
batteries energy exhausted
I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?
men justice nullification
It’s every man’s business to see justice done.
funny-inspirational knowledge men
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
hands life-is
Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.
believe knowledge thinking
It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
dull would-be world
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
women may too-much
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
light people genius
It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.