Skotsk forfatter af detivromaner. Han skabte prototypen på alle moderne detektiver, den uforlignelige Sherlock Holmes, hvis eventyr først blev bragt i the Strand Magazine.
Skotsk forfatter af detivromaner. Han skabte prototypen på alle moderne detektiver, den uforlignelige Sherlock Holmes, hvis eventyr først blev bragt i the Strand Magazine.
Den middelmådige kender intet højere end sig selv, men talentet genkender altid geniet.
A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.
A long shot, Watson, a very long shot!
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.
Excellence at chess is one mark of a scheming mind.
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly, one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
You know my methods, Watson.