The quotations of

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician

1859–1930

34 quotes, most often on Thinking, Knowledge and Facts.

Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more.
The Stark Munro Letters (1894)
- Knowledge
The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.
The Boer War (1902)
- Morality
- Wisdom
Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 2In context
- Animals
- Fear
It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 1In context
- Genius
- Inspiration
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 3In context
- Knowledge
- Thinking
As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 4In context
- Advice
- Fear
There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 5In context
- Motivation & Goals
The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 15In context
- Facts
- Thinking
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 3In context
- Good & Evil
I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 2In context
- Advice
- Good & Evil
You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIn context
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIn context
- Knowledge
You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIn context
- Knowledge
- Science
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Facts
- Thinking
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains,” he remarked with a smile. “It’s a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.
A Study in Scarlet (1887), Part I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Genius
- Work

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