Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

He had never seen a woman doctor before, and his whole conservative soul rose up in revolt at the idea. He could not recall any biblical injunction that the man should remain ever the doctor and the woman the nurse, and yet he felt as if a blasphemy had been committed.

Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

Following his doctor's orders, Nikita (Khrushchev) has cut his drinking in half. He's leaving out the water.

I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor.

I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

Well, I was lost but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament!

Why do they bother saying "raw sewage"? Do some people actually cook that stuff?

Honey! Bring down a copy of my will - and an eraser!

Sex has been around for a long time. You may not believe this, but it was around before I was.

An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement . . .

After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?' 'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?' 'Because I have just called you contrary and you did not bother to contradict me. I thought you might be ill.

A Christmas tree--the perfect gift for a guy. The plant is already dead.

Yeah, I'm not into sports. If someone told me I had athlete's foot, I'd say that's not my foot!

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.

"Dr. Munro, sir," said he, "I am a walking museum. You could fit what ISN'T the matter with me on to the back of a -- visiting card. If there's any complaint you want to make a special study of, just you come to me, sir, and see what I can do for you. It's not every one that can say that he has had cholera three times, and cured himself by living on red pepper and brandy."

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

We didn't have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

Motto of the U.S. airline industry - "We're Hoping to Have a Motto Announcement in About an Hour."

The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.

Might I trouble you to open the window, for chloroform vapour does not help the palate.

I am engaged in answering that Italian buffoon, Mazotti, whose views upon the larval development of the tropical termites have excited my derision and contempt . . .