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
inspirational life god
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
inspirational life important
It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.
life men mind
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
links life-is chains
So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.
life obvious-things world
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
life book numbers
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
hands life-is
Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.
life wisdom past
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
routine daily-life bizarre
I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life.
life writing careers
Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
life interesting littles
And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life so pletifuly presents.
inspirational life dog
Dogs don't make mistakes.
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?
eliminate matter whatever
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.