Sherlock Quotes · Page 3

We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson…

— A. A. Gill

'Sherlock' is beautifully done, if I may say so myself. Even if I wasn't in it, I would like the show.

— Martin Freeman

Believe me when I say it's a good thing to grab a mug of tea and curl up with a great Sherlock…

— Jude Law

“You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.”

— Anthony Horowitz

“All lives end; all hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage, Sherlock.”

— Mycroft Holmes

In my life, the strongest evidence of any fandom is 'Sherlock' - 'Hobbit' fans are positively restrained.

— Martin Freeman

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around…

— Martin Freeman

Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired.

— Laurie R. King

When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective…

— Patti Smith

[Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes will be] myopically dark. You're talking about the end of the universe darkness. You can't see in…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll…

— Emilia Fox

Sherlock Holmes: She is a lovely woman, Watson, with a face that a man might die for. Dr. John Watson: A face…

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life,…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Unlike other enduring characters such as 'Sherlock Holmes' or 'Tarzan,' being the 'Doctor' allows you a certain freedom that is both very…

— David Tennant

To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long…

— Jeremy Brett

Sherlock is a portrait of humanity - he takes nature's gift of thought and runs with it, bringing along all the human…

— Kyle Hill

“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

“I had to suppress a smile. Sherlock Holmes once remarked of his brother, Mycroft, that you were as unlikely to find him…

— Alan Bradley

The book that influenced me most is Sherlock Holmes, which teaches you the way to deal with reality: to deduct. It teaches…

— Signe Baumane

“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

“Sherlock: They came out of EROC with $33 million dollars in small bills. They loaded their haul into an ambulance, American-made, in…

— Elementary

I remember when I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I thought Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the greatest writers,…

— Stan Lee

“That, in a nutshell, is the scientific method: understand and frame the problem; observe; hypothesize (or imagine); test and deduce; and repeat.…

— Maria Konnikova

“How did the System Holmes machine become . . . a System Watson? Simple. Holmes says it himself: he had lost interest…

— Maria Konnikova

“John [to Sherlock]: You're incredible. A genius. A good friend. And a lousy driver.”

— Guy Adams

Attention to detail - Sherlock certainly has that, and my memory is pretty good - but not as good as his.

— Jonny Lee Miller

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. —Sherlock Holmes,”

— Amy Webb

If Sherlock Holmes can survive the Reichenbach Falls, then surely we have not seen the last of Detective Sergeant John Munch.

— Richard Belzer

“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

The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never…

— Rex Stout

I'm really not Sherlock Holmes. I look a little bit like him and sound like him.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Although there's an inherent light-heartedness to 'Sherlock,' I slightly err towards not doing the comedy.

— Martin Freeman

“Men of character always differentiate their long letters, however illegibly they may write. - Sherlock Holmes”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I miss 'Mad Men,' but I can't complain because I got a lot of public awareness from it, and it led on…

— Jared Harris

“One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. -Sherlock Holmes”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out.

— Catherine Jinks

“In a world of locked rooms, the man with the key is king. And honey, you should see me in a crown.”

— Stephen Thompson

“Like I said, I am typically an observant man. Sherlock Holmes and I, we could hang out.”

— Emma Chase

“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle