'Excellent,' I cried. 'Elementary,' said he.

Arthur Conan Doyle

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.

Arthur Conan Doyle · The source reads: “To Sherlock Holmes she [Irene Adler] is always the woman.” · A Scandal in Bohemia (1891), of Irene Adler

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle · The source reads: “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”

They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

Arthur Conan Doyle · The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), ch. 2

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Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?

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We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.

Peter Thiel · Credo of his venture-capital firm, Founders Fund

Deceive boys with toys, but men with oaths.

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“'Excellent,' I cried. 'Elementary,' said he.”

“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.”

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

“They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!”

“Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?”

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”

“Deceive boys with toys, but men with oaths.”