“Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca.” — Romawi Copy Share Image
“Incredible,” said Constable Dawes. “Impossible,” said Sergeant Michaels. “Elementary,” said my professor with a grin.” — Angela Misri Copy Share Image
I'm really not Sherlock Holmes. I look a little bit like him and sound like him. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“Something has gone amiss with the world, he found himself thinking. Something has changed in the marrow, and I’m at a loss… — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
“Fool. He's as bad as Watson, trying to throw himself in harm's way for the sake of the Great Detective.” — Emma Jane Holloway Copy Share Image
The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
If Sherlock Holmes can survive the Reichenbach Falls, then surely we have not seen the last of Detective Sergeant John Munch. — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
“The most common place crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or specific features from which deductions may… — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Your father may never have produced one of those stuffy tomes we call great literature, but he left the world a substantial… — David E. Fessenden Copy Share Image
[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath… — Sophia McDougall Copy Share Image
“Gray fall light came through the nine square glass panes. On days like this, the strips of white wood that separated the… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
“When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr.… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
In other people's books, I tend to love the really daredevil-y characters. I love Finnick from 'The Hunger Games.' And I think,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The problem is that most people spend their lives looking but not truly seeing, or, as Sherlock Holmes, the meticulous English detective,… — Joe Navarro Copy Share Image
“One other thing, Lestrade,” he added, turning round at the door: “‘Rache,’ is the German for ‘revenge;’ so don't lose your time… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I remember when I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I thought Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the greatest writers,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes closed his eyes and placed his elbows upon the arms of his chair, with his finger-tips together. “The ideal reasoner,”… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“That, in a nutshell, is the scientific method: understand and frame the problem; observe; hypothesize (or imagine); test and deduce; and repeat.… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
“When you have eliminated the impossible,” he heard Melissa say through the intercom, “whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Sherlock… — Michael R. Hicks Copy Share Image
“I had to suppress a smile. Sherlock Holmes once remarked of his brother, Mycroft, that you were as unlikely to find him… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“By a man's fingernails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the calluses of his forefinger and thumb, by… — Barbara Pease Copy Share Image
A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud. — Victor Kiam Copy Share Image
“Lord St Simon: 'I presume your usual clients do not belong to the same class?' Sherlock Holmes: 'No, indeed. My last client… — Arthur Hall Copy Share Image
Prescription: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction. — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
“Yes, the setting (Dartmoor) is a worthy one. If the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I never guess. It is a shocking habit—destructive to the logical faculty.1 —SHERLOCK HOLMES, IN SIGN OF THE FOUR” — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“Actually, it is amazing how much can be learned about people from the books they own.” — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
“I give you full credit for the discovery, I crawl, I grovel, my name is Watson, and you need not say what… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture, where the most logical mind may be at fault. Sherlock… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
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