Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22 1859 – July 7 1930) was a British writer and physician, most famous as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes.

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Birth Name: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle

Native Name: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle

Alternative Names: Sir A. Conan Doyle • Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Conan Doyle

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Come at once if convenient- if inconvenient come all the same.
- S. H.

It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.

"How do you know that?"
"I followed you."
"I saw no one."
"That is what you may expect to see when I follow you."

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

- The Adventure of the Dying Detective

By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.'
'I shall be delighted.'
'You don't mind breaking the law?'
'Not in the least.'
'Nor running a chance of arrest?'
'Not in a good cause.'
'Oh, the cause is excellent!'
'Then I am your man.'
'I was sure that I might rely on you.

There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.

What one man can invent, another can discover.

I had the Irish faculty of seeing some gleam of humor in every darkness.

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.

Why on earth people who have something to say which is worth hearing should not take the slight trouble to learn how to make it heard is one of the strange mysteries of modern life.

If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you.

horses: dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle