"I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely."

Holmes, Sherlock | Idleness | 2 bookmarks

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Bores and Boredom | 3 bookmarks

"Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature."

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Science and Scientists | 2 bookmarks

"When the impossibility has been eliminated, whatever remains, no matter how improbable... is possible."

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Possibilities | 1 bookmarks

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | Mistakes | 1 bookmarks

"The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession."

Holmes, Sherlock | Theory | 2 bookmarks

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."

Feynman, Richard P. | Nature | 1 bookmarks

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn."

Franklin, Benjamin | Ignorance | 3 bookmarks

"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."

Darrow, Clarence | Ignorance | 2 bookmarks

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard | Change | 83 bookmarks