Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

Anybody who is capable of doing terrible things, you don't want them out in the world, but you can't help but respect their ingenuity and their savvy and their intelligence as they go about their dastardly deeds.

Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

I'm interested in villainy.

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

Sometimes the hardest thing about committing the perfect crime can be keeping your genius to yourself.

If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.

Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins with this.

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.

The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia

The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.

I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.

From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.

That which is evil is soon learned.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day.

It was fun to be clever.

You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.

If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever.

Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.

I've always been attracted to guys with big brains.