Quotes of: Sherlock-holmes Keyword

It’s every man’s business to see justice done.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

The Complete Illustrated Novels of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear

I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

[when Holmes has sedated Gladstone yet again] Dr. John Watson: How many times are you going to kill my dog?

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Irene Adler: [as her thugs are getting ready to beat Holmes] Be careful with the face, boys! We do have a dinner date tonight.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Mycroft Holmes: [referring to Watson] You know, he's nothing like as slow witted as you've been leading me to believe, Sherly.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Dr. John Watson: [Teading Holmes' note aloud] Come at once if convenient. [Turning the note over] Dr. John Watson: If inconvenient, come all the same.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Mrs. Hudson: Doctor, you must get him to a sanatorium. He's been on a diet of coffee, tobacco, and coca leaves. He never sleeps. I hear multiple voices as if he's rehearsing for a play... Dr. John Watson: Leave him to me. Sherlock Holmes: [appears ne...

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

...Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierc...

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are. It is no exaggeration to suggest that they would tear apart the entire fabric of society and, particularly at a time of war, this ...

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel

Irene Adler: [referring to Holmes' disguise] Eye patch... nice touch.

Sherlock Holmes

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The absence of the latter means nothing, though its presence may mean everything

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

...above all, do not fret until you know that you really have a cause for it.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Dr. John Watson: [reading a note from Holmes] Come at once if convenient. [flips the note over to back side] Dr. John Watson: If inconvenient, come all the same.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Dr. John Watson: [about Holmes] It's not that he can't ride a horse, exactly. It's just he feels they are dangerous at both ends, and crafty in the middle.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows