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“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.”
Arthur Conan Doyle
Art, Heredity, Creativity, Eccentricity, Talent
Arthur Conan Doyle Art, Heredity, Creativity, Eccentricity, Talent“This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Social Obligation, Boredom, Honesty, Cynicism, Human Interaction
Arthur Conan Doyle Social Obligation, Boredom, Honesty, Cynicism, Human Interaction“It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Certainty, Confidence, Belief, Assertion
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Certainty, Confidence, Belief, Assertion“I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Logic, Deduction, Guessing, Analytical Thinking, Mental Discipline
Arthur Conan Doyle Logic, Deduction, Guessing, Analytical Thinking, Mental Discipline“The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reasoning, Deduction, Logic, Intellect, Detective Skills
Arthur Conan Doyle Reasoning, Deduction, Logic, Intellect, Detective Skills“What one man can invent, another can discover.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Invention, Discovery, Human Potential, Progress, Intellectual Pursuit
Arthur Conan Doyle Invention, Discovery, Human Potential, Progress, Intellectual Pursuit“Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Criticism, Perseverance, Self-belief, Artistic Integrity, Motivation
Arthur Conan Doyle Criticism, Perseverance, Self-belief, Artistic Integrity, Motivation“Truth is stranger than fiction.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reality, Fiction, Comparison, Wisdom, Life Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Reality, Fiction, Comparison, Wisdom, Life Experience“Save for the occasional use of cocaine he had no vices, and he only turned to the drug as a protest against the monotony of existence when cases were scanty and the papers uninteresting.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Addiction, Boredom, Vice, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation
Arthur Conan Doyle Addiction, Boredom, Vice, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature“You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Inspiration, Influence, Intelligence, Metaphor, Compliment
Arthur Conan Doyle Inspiration, Influence, Intelligence, Metaphor, Compliment“Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Skepticism, Observation, Accuracy, Scientific Method, Critical Thinking
Arthur Conan Doyle Skepticism, Observation, Accuracy, Scientific Method, Critical Thinking“The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reasoning, Deduction, Logic, Detective Work, Intellectual Skill
Arthur Conan Doyle Reasoning, Deduction, Logic, Detective Work, Intellectual Skill“To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers. When I say, therefore, that Mycroft has better powers of observation than I, you may take it that I am speaking the exact and literal truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Logic, Self-assessment, Truth, Observation, Humility
Arthur Conan Doyle Logic, Self-assessment, Truth, Observation, Humility“The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Emotion, Reason, Logic, Intellect, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Emotion, Reason, Logic, Intellect, Human Nature“It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Writing, Storytelling, Accuracy, Reader Engagement, Artistic License
Arthur Conan Doyle Writing, Storytelling, Accuracy, Reader Engagement, Artistic License“My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Boredom, Excitement, Problems, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation
Arthur Conan Doyle Boredom, Excitement, Problems, Existence, Intellectual Stimulation“Singularity is almost invariably a clue.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Investigation, Uniqueness, Clues, Detective Work, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Investigation, Uniqueness, Clues, Detective Work, Observation“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Strangeness, Perception, Logical Thinking, Investigative Mindset
Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery, Strangeness, Perception, Logical Thinking, Investigative Mindset“What, my friends, is the conquest of one nation by another? It is meaningless. Each produces the same result. But those fierce fights, when in the dawn of the ages the cave-dwellers held their own against the tier folk, or the elephants first found that they had a master, those were the real conquests – the victories that count.” Arthur Conan Doyle
History, Conquest, Evolution, Human Progress, Perspective
Arthur Conan Doyle History, Conquest, Evolution, Human Progress, Perspective