“The lesson Holmes took from the war can be put in a sentence. It is that certitude leads to violence.” — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
“No man ever crossed me and was the better for it." "So many have said so, and yet here I am," said… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“And then Sherlock Holmes had turned out to be a woman with loose morals and no remorse.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel. — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight. — Jeremy Brett Copy Share Image
“The few questions I had asked had been futile and I was suddenly dispirited, for it had occurred to me that had… — Anthony Horowitz 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
[Oliver Wendell] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered… — Jeffrey Rosen 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
“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
Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They're all "physically inhabited," for lack off a better expression. For… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
On 'Dawson's Creek,' those kids were supposed to be outsider kids - you know, wrong-side-of-the-track kids, weirdo kids. And I just felt… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
I suppose, some days I wake up and I have to be responsible and down-to-earth and reliable, and other days I don't.… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
[Toby Jones] is completely different. It's a completely different character. He's the darkest villain we've had. There was always something charming and… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
But a topee is not a turban, and I had been my teacher's pupil before I became my husband's wife, learning to… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
I got it made the rest of my life, financially and in every other way. There's nobody in the world like me.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Interestingly, this character [Doctor Nash] is probably closer to me than somebody like the evil Sir Godfrey in Robin Hood or Lord… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
“No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are.… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now.… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our disposal, and I was quickly between the sheets, for I was… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“It was a wild, tempestuous night, towards the close of November. Holmes and I sat together in silence all the evening, he… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Stop it!' He relented, so far as he could, stepping forward to take my head into his hands. 'Russell, once, only once,… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin.… — 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
“If I remember rightly, you on one occasion defined my limits in a very precise fashion." "Yes," [Watson] answered, laughing. "It was… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
If this "critical openminded attitude" ... is wanted, the question at once arises, Is it science that should be studied in order… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
![“[Oliver Wendell] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered clowns we call the people."” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ea/jeffrey-rosen-13180_clown_oliver-wendell-holmes-never-believed-in_946248.jpg)
![“[Toby Jones] is completely different. It's a completely different character. He's the darkest villain we've had. There was always something charming and engaging about Moriarty. There was something fascinating and actually amoral, rather than immoral, about Charles Augustus Magnussen. This guy is…” quote by Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c12/mark-gatiss-10930_augustus_toby-jones-is-completely-different-it-s_336563.jpg)
![“Interestingly, this character [Doctor Nash] is probably closer to me than somebody like the evil Sir Godfrey in Robin Hood or Lord Blackwood who wants to take over the world in Sherlock Holmes. This is a character that's English, he's based in London, and so it's closer to me than a lot of stuff…” quote by Mark Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/386/mark-strong-9188_character_interestingly-this-character-doctor-nash_1816381.jpg)
![“That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If he became one, that would be interesting. But you have to give him somewhere to go, as [Conan] Doyle did.” quote by Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f4/mark-gatiss-10930_character_that-s-what-makes-characters-interesting_1540528.jpg)
![“If I remember rightly, you on one occasion defined my limits in a very precise fashion." "Yes," [Watson] answered, laughing. "It was a singular document. Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mudstains from any region…” quote by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0fd/arthur-conan-doyle-273_holmes_if-i-remember-rightly-you-on-one-occasio_1756099.jpg)
