Quotes of: Sherlock Keyword

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

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Frederick Buechner

Sherlock Holmes: It's a matter of professional integrity! No girl wants to marry a doctor who can't tell if a man's dead or not!

Sherlock Holmes

Inspector Lestrade: [From inside Blackwood's tomb] You took your time, Holmes. Sherlock Holmes: [portentously] And on the third day...

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: [Telling a joke to a prisoner] And he said, "May I push in your stool?" [Raucous Laughter]

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: [to Watson] My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me work! The sooner the better.

Sherlock Holmes

[repeated line] Sherlock Holmes: [riding a pony] Slow and steady wins the race.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

Jeffery Deaver

Sherlock Holmes: There is a toxin, refined from the nectar of the rhododendron ponticum. It's quite infamous in the region of Turkey bordering the Black Sea for its ability to induce an apparently mortal paralysis. Enough to deceive even a medical mi...

Sherlock Holmes

[a chambermaid enters Irene Adler's room and screams when she sees Holmes, handcuffed naked to the bed with a pillow covering his groin] Sherlock Holmes: Madam, I need you to remain calm. And trust me, I'm a professional. Beneath this pillow, lies th...

Sherlock Holmes

[Mrs. Hudson starts to clear space for the tea tray] Sherlock Holmes: Don't touch. Everything is in its proper place... as per usual, Nanny. [on her way out, Mrs. Hudson notices the dog laying on the floor] Mrs. Hudson: Oh, he's killed the dog. Again...

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: Uh, hmm... Right. Where are the wagons? Madam Simza Heron: The wagon is too slow. Can't you ride? Dr. John Watson: It's not that he can't ride... How is it you put it, Holmes? Sherlock Holmes: They're dangerous at both ends and... cr...

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

I ran out the door but it was to late..... i felt a sharp pain in my back as i heard the gun shoot

Bedlam: Young Sherlock Holmes

We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: Volume 1