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Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Arthur Conan Doyle quotes

British Writer May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930

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Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only..."
The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair. Arthur Conan Doyle
What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work. Arthur Conan Doyle
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System. Arthur Conan Doyle
What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle
I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough to set a dog at me. Neither dog nor man liked the look of my stick, however, and the matter fell through. Relations were strained after that, and further inquiries out of the question. Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as..."
He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king. Arthur Conan Doyle
I examine the data, as an expert, and pronounce a specialist's opinion. I claim no credit in such cases. My name figures in no newspaper. The work itself, the pleasure of finding a filed for my peculiar powers, is my highest reward. Arthur Conan Doyle
Most people, if you describe a train of events to them will tell you what the result would be. They can put those events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will come to pass. There are few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backward, or analytically. Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "Dogs don't make mistakes."
Dogs don't make mistakes. Arthur Conan Doyle
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work...I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. Arthur Conan Doyle
My mind rebels from stagnation, give me problems, give me work. Give me the most abtruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my proper atmosphere. Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!"
My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work! Arthur Conan Doyle
He has a gentle voice and a quiet manner, but behind his twinkling blue eyes there lurks a capacity for furious wrath and implacable resolution, the more dangerous because they are held in leash. Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory..."
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. Arthur Conan Doyle
From my boyhood I have had an intense and overwhelming conviction that my real vocation lay in the direction of literature. I have, however, had a most unaccountable difficulty in getting any responsible person to share my views.- Cyprian Overbeck Wells: A Literary Mosaic Arthur Conan Doyle

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