| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 17700 |
| QUOTATION: | “It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognise out of a number of facts which are incidental and which are vital.... I would call your attention to the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British author. Sherlock Holmes talking to Inspector Gregory, in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, “Silver Blaze,” (1893). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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