Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

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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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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson — all else will come.

Professor Moriarty is not a man who lets the grass grow under his feet.

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

Crime is common. Logic is rare.

He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order.

Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy Edwards!

Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you.

I followed you.'

I saw no one.'

That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.

At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to change it in personal and public ways is to undergo a change of perception akin to a religious conversion. Nothing can ever be seen in quite the same way again because once you have admitted the terror and pain of other species you will, unless you resist conversion, be always aware of the endless permutations of suffering that support our society.

As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.

A fool takes in everything he comes across, so that there is no room for anything useful to find a place,

The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.

I am inclined to think — ” said I. “I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I’ll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. “Really, Holmes,” said I severely, “you are a little trying at times.

Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?

It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, — -a factor in a problem. - Sherlock Holmes