“How ever did you see that?” “Because I looked for it.” Arthur Conan Doyle More Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle More Quotes From Arthur Conan Doyle You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad. Arthur Conan Doyle lettuce dressings salad If you want to write good copy, you must be where the things are. Arthur Conan Doyle copies want writing It is decreed by a merciful Nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultaneously . . . Arthur Conan Doyle brain two thinking Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle oysters wine white There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit. Arthur Conan Doyle troublesome fool mind Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. Arthur Conan Doyle logic crime common His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System. Arthur Conan Doyle ignorance philosophy book You mentioned your name as if I should recognize it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, a freemason, and an asthmatic, I know nothing whatever about you. Arthur Conan Doyle names book facts It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all. Arthur Conan Doyle clever brain men Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools. Arthur Conan Doyle agency men school ...while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle individual statistics men You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?" "For me," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine bottle. Arthur Conan Doyle credit wife bottles What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "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. Arthur Conan Doyle differences moon sun By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.' 'I shall be delighted.' 'You don't mind breaking the law?' 'Not in the least.' 'Nor running a chance of arrest?' 'Not in a good cause.' 'Oh, the cause is excellent!' 'Then I am your man.' 'I was sure that I might rely on you. Arthur Conan Doyle law running men I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain," said he. "Results without causes are much more impressive. Arthur Conan Doyle results causes giving A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament. Arthur Conan Doyle ornaments use jewels He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. Arthur Conan Doyle imbeciles bulldogs brave I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life. Arthur Conan Doyle daily-life routine share There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror. Arthur Conan Doyle mystery horror imagination Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours. Arthur Conan Doyle answers mind
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