872 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

It is only goodness which gives extra...

A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall. A half moon shone through the dark, flying clouds on to the wild and empty moor.

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.

¿Cuántas veces le he dicho que si eliminamos lo imposible, lo que queda, por improbable que parezca , tiene que ser la verdad? (cap. 6).

Holmes,” I cried, “this is impossible.” “Admirable!” he said. “A most illuminating remark. It IS impossible as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it wrong. Yet you saw for yourself. Can you suggest any fallacy?

There were no footmarks.''Meaning that you saw none?''I assure you, sir, that there were none.''My good Hopkins, I have investigated many crimes, but I have never yet seen one which was committed by a flying creature. As long as the criminal remains upon two legs so long must there be some indentation, some abrasion, some trifling displacement which can be detected by the scientific searcher.

I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.