[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I assume you’ve been with Harry, despite our asking you not to see him.’ ‘Ten out of ten, Sherlock.” — Barbara Copperthwaite 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 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
I don't want to come over all po-faced, because ultimately Sherlock is just entertainment, but if I can, I want to try… — Louise Brealey Copy Share Image
Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“Perhaps Dexter’s dutiful but uninspired brain pictured him as Sherlock Holmes, able to examine the wheel ruts and deduce that a left-handed… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Too much damned TV. Thinks he's Sherlock Holmes." "That's professor Moriarty," corrected Foaly. "Holmes, Moriarty, they both look the same with the… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“Not that Dr Watson wasn't benign - he was one of the best souls in the Empire - but a man didn't… — Emma Jane Holloway Copy Share Image
The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human… — Rupert Everett Copy Share Image
“Is that true? Are you really him?” “I am afraid I still hold that distinction.” “You are Sherlock Holmes? No, I don’t… — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Never let it be said that Sherlock troubles himself with such petty concerns as the [flat] security deposit. Note the bullet holes… — Guy Adams Copy Share Image
In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The world domination plan goal is that I would love Veronica Mars to become a brand like Sherlock Holmes is a brand,… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
You take this cold, remarkable, difficult, dangerous, borderline psychopath man, and you wonder what might have happened to him had he not… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he… — Rupert Everett Copy Share Image
“No murderer had before or has since caused such a sensation, passed so quickly into folklore or gained an image – top… — Paul Begg Copy Share Image
I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes is a literary figment. He lives in Neverland, so he always gets to be right. But if he tried to… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Coming back from doing 'The Hobbit,' you think 'Sherlock' is realistic, but of course, it's not that realistic. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
“Watson: "Get that out of my face." Sherlock: "It's not in your face, it's in my hand." Watson: "Get what's in your… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
No, Sherlock doesn't need another brain. But he could benefit from an extra heart. — Guy Adams Copy Share Image
“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.” — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child, I've always been fascinated with Sherlock Holmes. — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
Sherlock' is brilliant television. It has completely reinvented British drama, and upped the stakes for home-grown shows. — Alexander Armstrong 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
The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes… — Morley Safer Copy Share Image
We turned the lights off to save money, so you can't really see it. It's the same show. Hopefully, there are lots… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and nearly all that is undetected… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Why would you envy a man who doesn't know the names of all the planets, is a 'high functioning' sociopath, and has… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
“So what if somewhere, back a hundred years and change and across the Atlantic Ocean, some other Watson made best friends with… — Brittany Cavallaro Copy Share Image
Sherlock Holmes becomes more human and more adept at fitting in with a lot of people, but he remains separate from the… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Sherlock' changed the perception of me. I have these cheekbones and this face that suggest very middle-class or period-drama roles. I want… — Lara Pulver Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I loved reading Sherlock Holmes. Now, you don't think of him as a superhero, but he was… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“She wondered how Dr. Watson - a clever man in his own right - had lasted so many years without bashing his… — Emma Jane Holloway Copy Share Image
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![“Never let it be said that Sherlock troubles himself with such petty concerns as the [flat] security deposit. Note the bullet holes in the wall. You might not be able to see them as they are well-hidden by the spray-painted smiley-face.” quote by Guy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e8f/guy-adams-42482_cybersecurity_never-let-it-be-said-that-sherlock-troub_1471934.jpg)
![“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that removed sense. But Sherlock Holmes is simply there. I would be astonished if I went to 221 1/2 B Baker Street and didn't find him." [ An Invitation to Learning , January 1942]” quote by Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9fb/rex-stout-2846_characters_a-dickens-character-to-me-is-a-theatrica_1292870.png)
![“The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub.” quote by Morley Safer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5b0/morley-safer-17896_bathtubs_the-bbc-is-a-perfect-example-of-uncontro_1688666.png)
![“We turned the lights off to save money, so you can't really see it. It's the same show. Hopefully, there are lots of laughs and lots of great personal stuff, but it is explicitly a darker season [4 of Sherlock Holmes].” quote by Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7c4/mark-gatiss-10930_great-person_we-turned-the-lights-off-to-save-money-s_1959381.jpg)
