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How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

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A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of h...more

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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all...more

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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, the...more

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I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all...more

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It is a question of cubic capacity," said he; "a man with so large a brain must have something in it.

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I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.