Best known as a writer and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was most noted for his fictional stories about detective Sherlock Homes.
So if you have been a fan of his writing, here is our list of quotes from him. Have a look at our collection for the Best Arthur Conan Doyle quotes.
Best Arthur Conan Doyle quotes
1.We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
2. Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
3. It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
4. There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
5. I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
6. Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
7. Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
8. I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.
9. Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
10. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
11. Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
12. His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
13. I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
14. Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.
15. Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
16. Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.
17. The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
18. There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.
19. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.
20. A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.
21. It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
22. Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
23. I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
24. Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
25. Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
26. You see, but you do not observe.
27. Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
28. The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
29. It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
30. I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
