Famous quotes containing the words sir arthur conan, arthur conan, sir, arthur and/or conan:
““It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.... I would call your attention to the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident.””
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
It’s fiftie fadom deip,
And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
Wi the Scots lords at his feit.”
—Unknown. Sir Patrick Spens (l. 41–44)
“Even an extraordinary policeman seems a strange suitor for an operatic soprano. Does he sing?”
—Eric Taylor, and Leroux. Arthur Lubin. M. Villeneuve (Frank Puglia)
“For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)