872 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous woman, but what would the poor superfluous man do without her kindly presence?

I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.

The vegetable kingdom still remains one of the few which Napoleon has not yet conquered.

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.

I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.The Man from Archangel

Well, and there is the end of our little drama," I remarked, after we had sat some time smoking in silence. "I fear that it may be the last investigation in which I shall have the chance of studying your methods. Miss Morstan has done me the honour to accept me as a husband in prospective."He gave a most dismal groan.

The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.

I have never loved, Watson, but if I did and if the woman I loved had met such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done.