Conan Doyle Famous Quotes
"It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
"There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones."
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you."
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it."
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
"The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest."
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
"You see, but you do not observe."
"...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.
Conan Doyle Quotations
Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 perspiration.
Thomas Alva Edison
"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly."
Rose Dorothy Franken
Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
Hellen Keller
Stupidities that succeed are still stupidities.
Yiddish Proverb
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists life would be one long Congressional Record.
Tom Masson
"The real wit tells jokes to make others feel superior, while the half-wit tells them to make others feel small."
Elmer Wheeler
Silence is a friend who will never betray.
Confucius
Marriage is like a dollar bill. You cannot spend half of it when you tear it in two. The value of one half depends upon the other.
Joe Moore
Invincibility lies in the defense the possibility of victory in the attack. One defends when his strength is inadequate he attacks when it is abundant.
Suntzu
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx