Quotes About Investigation

said Sherlock Holmes, turning upon his heel. 'I hope before very long to be able to introduce you to the pair of them. A word with you, Watson.' He led me out to the head of the stair.

Sherlock : The problem presents features of interest. I may even say exceptional features of interest. I have already looked into the matter, and have come, as I think, within sight of my solution. If you could accompany me in that last step you might be of considerable service to me. Watson : I should be delighted.

racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don

Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes,' said Stamford, introducing us.

É um grande erro teorizar antes de ter todos os indícios. Prejudica o raciocínio.

What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes.

Arthur Conan Doyle

What did you do. Hopkins, after you had made certain that you had made certain of nothing?

Now, Watson, said he, we have picked up two clues this morning. One is the bicycle with the Palmer tyre, and we see what that has led to. The other is the bicycle with the patched Dunlop. Before we start to investigate that, let us try to realize what we do know, so as to make the most of it, and to separate the essential from the accidental.

With a keen eye for details, one truth prevails.

Arthur Conan Doyle

You will not apply my precept, he said, shaking his head. How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room, as there is no concealment possible. When, then, did he come? Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four

It is a tangled skein, you understand, and I am looking for a loose end.

Whatever remains, However improbable

Ya le he explicado otras veces que en esta clase de casos lo extraordinario constituye antes que un estorbo, una fuente de indicios. La clave reside en razonar a la inversa, cosa, sea dicho de paso, tan útil como sencilla, y poquísimo practicada

Holmes glanced at me and raised his eyebrows sardonically. "With two such men as yourself and Lestrade upon the ground, there will not be much for a third party to find out," he said.

Holmes glanced at me and raised his eyebrows sardonically. With two such men as yourself and Lestrade upon the ground, there will not be much for a third party to find out, he said.

Questo era il caso per il quale veniva dato un risultato, e tutto il resto bisognava trovarlo da soli.

You are the stormy petrel of crime, Watson.

actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.

The question now was, who was the man, and who was it brought him the coronet? "It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Now we shall touch the bottom of this swamp.

But the truth of the matter is that it tends to raise as many questions as it answers.

So what was the actual basis for charging Noe?