Quotes of: Sherlock Keyword

Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?' 'No, I have not.' 'Well, well, such is fame!

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

True deduction can only be obtained through a certain amount of self annihilation.

The Real Sherlock Holmes: The mysterious methods and curious history of a true mental specialist

Sherlock: If the occasional pile of clutter offends you, by all means move it. John: Last time I tried that I was bitten by a large spider you appeared to be using as a bookmark.

Sherlock: The Casebook

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

A Study in Scarlet: Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

My book is extremely graphic. I make no apologies for it. But it is graphic only because I told the truth about what the Ripper did to his victims.

Whitechapel: The Final Stand Of Sherlock Holmes

Irene Adler: I'd say you're between jobs. Sherlock Holmes: And you, between husbands. Irene Adler: He was boring and he was jealous and he snored. I'm Irene Adler again.

Sherlock Holmes

Dr. John Watson: How did you know I would find you? Sherlock Holmes: You didn't find me. You collapsed a building on me.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

[Holmes has arrived at the auction and is trying to defuse the motion-sensitive bomb intended for Dr. Hoffmanstahl] Sherlock Holmes: One million pounds! Oh, and by the way, fire.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Dr. John Watson: [Sherlock holds out his hand towards Watson] I thought you'd never ask. [Watson and Holmes start to dance together]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Dr. John Watson: Holmes, how did you know I would find you? Sherlock Holmes: You didn't find me, you collapsed a building on me.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux of Fielding may still make love to the belles of Richardson, where Scott’s heroes still may strut, Dickens’s del...

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

He wrote: "A religion to be true must include everything from the amoeba to the milky way." Nothing must be excluded from our view and purview for any faith to be true.

Holy Clues: The Gospel According to Sherlock Holmes

I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol 2

He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’ A Frenchman or Russian could not have written that. It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Per Sherlock Holmes ella è sempre la donna. Raramente l’ho sentito accennare a lei in altro modo. Ai suoi occhi, supera e annulla tutte le altre esponenti del suo sesso.

A Scandal in Bohemia

But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes