There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEA sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
-
-
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
If i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
The game is afoot.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
I am a brain, The rest of me is a mere appendix.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
When a man does a queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it, but when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE -
My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE







