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
Arthur Conan Doyle had to be Sherlock Holmes in order to envision how Sherlock Holmes would unravel a mystery. He had to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Sherlock: You’re exaggerating. It didn’t happen that often. (in relation to Irene Adler’s texts) John: 57 times in the run up to… — Guy Adams Copy Share Image
“impromptu lothario’s first or last name. Truth be told, in the gleeful process of abandoning most of her middleclass sensibilities Kate Sherlock” — Pamela Rose Copy Share Image
Sherlock Holmes was an idiot and Robert Watt was a fool. One was a detective, the other invented radar. But neither of… — Megz Copy Share Image
One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Murder was so trivial in the stories Harold loved. Dead bodies were plot points, puzzles to be reasoned out. They weren't brothers.… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I could never, I knew then, lose myself "in love." Margery had accused me of coldness, and she was right, but she… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Fifty years before Sherlock Holmes first appeared, the Bow Street Runner had used the Sherlockian method of careful observation of trifles. The… — E.J. Wagner Copy Share Image
“The door opened after a few moments. Sherlock was looking slightly upwards, expecting Amyus Crowe to be standing inside the doorway, and… — Andrew Lane Copy Share Image
“Watson is a cheap, efficient little sod of a literary device. Holmes doesn't need him to solve crimes any more than he… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
“I must thank you,' said Sherlock Holmes, 'for calling my attention to a case which certainly presents some features of interest. I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
You can compare Holmes and Watson to great Shakespearean characters, in a way. They've been played by hundreds of actors over the… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
“Some are given to displaying their lives, every intimate detail of them, for others to paw through. And yet, no one can… — Shane Peacock Copy Share Image
Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don't think he's one of them. He uses similar means, but it… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
As a complete score, I love 'Sherlock Holmes' - but we cast it badly. We put Ron Moody into the part -… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
You don't need a brilliant sleuth like Sherlock Holmes to figure out that the claims of Trump-Russia collusion were false. The bumbling… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
“Sherlock's social skills are a disaster in three acts." "What are the acts?" "One: he takes a breath. Two: he opens his… — Eva Morgan Copy Share Image
The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
[on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Batman had a certain speech pattern that I established because he was always Sherlock Holmes-ian. He was Basil Rathbone. In other words,… — Adam West Copy Share Image
They are a great essay in male friendship, which has gone now. Men's friendship has been debased. One of the lovely things… — Jeremy Brett Copy Share Image
I've done 33 Sherlock Holmes stories and bits of them are all right. But the definitive Sherlock Holmes is really in everyone's… — Jeremy Brett Copy Share Image
One of the things that I was interested in about Moriarty was - he's so manipulative that he doesn't need to commit… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
“Impressive pipe,” I tell him. “Should I call you Sherlock?” He grins. “Only if I can call you Princess.” My head toddles… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
I love Sherlock Holmes, but I love any of these old stories where the writer was paid by the word, so the… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why… — Benedict Cumberbatch 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
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I deal with long blank stretches of empty boredom by laying on my bed, staring at the ceiling, imagining situations in which… — Eva Morgan Copy Share Image
It's interesting to see how people bring different things to them. I think it comes down to the universal appeal of the… — Jude Law 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
“Sherlock: If the occasional pile of clutter offends you, by all means move it. John: Last time I tried that I was… — Guy Adams Copy Share Image
“My dear boy, your thinking has no structure, no foundation. You pick up your primary ideas from TV shows. You're like a… — Richard Walter Copy Share Image