“When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.” (Sir Arthur C Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, 1887)
“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” (Sir Arthur C Doyle, “The Sign of Four”, 1890)
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” (Sir Arthur C Doyle, “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, 1892)
"If the fresh facts which come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution." (Arthur C Doyle, "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge", 1908)
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” (Sir Arthur C Doyle)
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” (Sir Arthur C Doyle)
“While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what anyone man will be up to, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.” (Sir Arthur C Doyle)
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