Arthur Conan Doyle Mind Quotations

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations.

Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!

Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not conceive the things that are merely commonplace to existence. If we could hover over this great city, remove the roofs, and peep in at the things going on, it would make all fiction, with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions flat, stale and unprofitable.

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.

...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the first?" Asked Holmes, with some asperity. "To the man of precised, scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly." "Then had you not better consult him?" "I said, sir, to the precisely scientific mind. But as a practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. I trust, sir, that I have not inadvertently--" "Just a little," said Holmes.

Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.

Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture, where the most logical mind may be at fault. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

There are no fools so troublesome as those of the mind

Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.