Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

I think like a detective.

Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

Science has been a discipline in which testability, rather than any ecclesiastical authority or philosophical coherence, has been the measure of a scientific idea’s worth

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.

Emotion works against you. The less emotion, the more you use your brain and fight smart.

We were always scientifical in our raps.

It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.

What I learned in school made me a better journalist and a better writer because forensic science is, as scientific disciplines must be, about critical thinking and objective analysis.

Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. ... Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind.

Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible, and scientists quote other scientists. How do either scientists or theologians answer this question about the accuracy of their conclusions: “In reference to what?

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.

Science demands objective factual evidence - proof; spiritual experience is subjective and leads to faith.

Science is a way to not fool ourselves.

I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe.

Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'

GUIL: A scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear