English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.

Arthur Conan Doyle

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course. Steig Larsson
Angelina Jolie quote: "I'm with a man who's evolved enough to look at my body and see..."
I'm with a man who's evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful because of the journey it has taken. Angelina Jolie
Hayden Panettiere quote: "I can be very dry and sarcastic."
I can be very dry and sarcastic. Hayden Panettiere
It's not enough just to laugh at good fortune and say, 'Enough already.' You have to really mean it -- that you have enough. And because you mean it, you take the surplus and you give it away. Similarly, when bad fortune comes, you bear it until it becomes unbearable -- your family is hungry, or you can no longer function in your work. And then again you say, 'Enough already,' and you change something. You move; you change careers; you let your spouse make all the decisions. Something. You... Orson Scott Card
Part of the plot was a knock that V wanted to bring down the government and bring chaos. I don't know why I thought of Guy Fawkes, because it was during the summer. I thought that would be great if he looked like Guy Fawkes, kind of theatrical. David Lloyd
Ferdinand Mount quote: "We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity."
We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity. Ferdinand Mount
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. Adam Schiff
The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldn't bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong. Neil Sheehan
Yet each man kills the thing he loves. By each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look. Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss. The brave man with a sword Oscar Wilde
And this tenderness was not like. That which a certain poet. At the beginning of the century called true. And, for some reason, quiet. No, not at all. It rang out, like the first waterfall, It crunched like the crust of bluish ice. And it prayed with a swanlike voice, And it broke down right before our eyes. Anna Akhmatova
Chow Yun-Fat quote: "As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide..."
As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors. Chow Yun-Fat
Justin Bieber quote: "I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not..."
I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not normal. I think differently. Justin Bieber
John Breaux quote: "It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what..."
It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States. John Breaux
George Eliot quote: "But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man,..."
But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent. George Eliot
Henry Rollins quote: "Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp."
Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp. Henry Rollins