Quotes About Clarity

In a rare flash of humor, she had replied: "Woody, a commander can be wrong, but never uncertain.

Woody, a commander can be wrong, but never uncertain.

You are rather too fond of talking in riddles,' complained Jeserac.

Nevertheless, when you did not know what you were looking for, it was important to avoid all prejudices and preconceptions; something that at first sight seemed irrelevant, or even nonsensical, might turn out to be a vital clue.

Norton was not quite certain what a buck was, but he knew when one had stopped at his desk.

He was, Sadler thought glumly, rather in the position of a man in a darkened coal cellar, looking for a black cat that might not be there. What was worse, to make the analogy more accurate he would have to be a man who didn't know what a cat looked like, even when he saw one.

Las líneas borrosas y confusas, los colores inciertos y opacos demostraban que, si el artista no conocía su meta, las herramientas más milagrosas no eran capaces de lograrla.

The simplest solution is always best.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing.

Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different

Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen. (Goethe)—We are used to see that Man mocks what he never comprehends.

That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.

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

The more outre and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.

Streams may spring from one source and yet some may be clear and some be foul.

It was easier to know it than to explain why I knew it.

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.

Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you.

Holmes, you have an answer to everything

Let me say right here, Mr. Holmes, that money is nothing to me in this case. You can burn it if it's any use in lighting you to the truth. This woman is innocent and this woman has to be cleared, and it's up to you to do it. Name your figure! My professional charges are upon a fixed scale, I do not vary them, save when I remit them altogether.

Now, Watson, confess yourself utterly taken aback," said he. "I am." "I ought to make you sign a paper to that effect." "Why?" "Because in five minutes you will say that it is all so absurdly simple.

for nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person

Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.

El mundo esta lleno de cosas evidentes en las que nadie se fija ni por casualidad