Quotes about Detection

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It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through - — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
It seems that the Parisian Oulipo group has recently constructed a matrix of all possible murder-story situations and ha — Umberto Eco, Postscript to the Name of the Rose
Man has created technology. Technology has created man — what we are today. Electricity is our way of life. Without it many would perish.
Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electrici — Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death
Armed neutrality makes it much easier to detect hypocrisy. — Criss Jami, Killosophy
I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strik — Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death
Very strange things comes to our knowledge in families, miss; bless your heart, what you would think to be phenomenons, — Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Ionizing smoke detectors unnaturally raise the background radiation levels in the human environment. — Steven Magee, Electrical Forensics
There were times in meeting I was called a baby sitter, a social worker by my colleagues. Now that we have a different l — Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
Our visual field, the entire view of what we can see when we look out into the world, is divided into billions of tiny s — Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
It has often been said that the more unusual the murder the easier it is to solve, but this is a theory I don't believe. — Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor
Generally he knew by instinct the likely length of an investigation, but on this occasion he did not: as he fought to ge — Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor
We judge one another by our outward actions, but in the motive underlying those actions our judgment may be widely at fa — The Detection Club, The Floating Admiral
To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
Lockwood gave a sudden exclamation; when I looked at him, his eyes were shining. 'On second thoughts, we can scrap my la — Jonathan Stroud, The Whispering Skull
A billion neutrinos go swimming in heavy water: one gets wet. — Michael Kamakana
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red Headed League
The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic case — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons/The Adventure of the Crooked Man
I'm an ambassador for Medical Detection dogs. — Lesley Nicol