Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

Depend upon it 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. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

I consider that a mans brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. (Arthur Conan Doyle)