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 know,' I answered, with some emotion, for I had never seen so much of Holmes' heart before, 'that it is my… — Sir 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
“Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman." [Sherlock Holmes, on Mrs. Hudson's cooking.] ” — 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
“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]” — Arthur Conan Doyle 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
To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long… — Jeremy Brett 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
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 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
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
“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
“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
But there can be no grave for Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson...Shall they not always live in Baker Street? Are they not… — Vincent Starrett Copy Share Image
“Your problem, dear chap, as I have had occassion to remind you, is that you see but you do not observe; you… — Edward B. Hanna Copy Share Image
I hear it still. As I lay down my pen and take to my bed, I am aware of the bow being… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Over the green squares of the fields and the low curves of a wood there rose in the distance a grey, melancholy… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The story of Sherlock Holmes, on the surface, is about detection, but in reality, it's about the best of two men who… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
“He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“[On writing more Sherlock Holmes stories.] ‘I don’t care whether you do or not,’ said Bram. ‘But you will, eventually. He’s yours,… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
“There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of… — 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
“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 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
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
“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
“As he passed a hand over his eyes, I recalled the he could not have slept more than twenty hours in the… — Lyndsay Faye 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
“I decided the least I could do was to sit with Mrs. Anderson. Heading to the dining car, I ordered my third… — Angela Misri 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
“I reached for the prescription. In a vigorous scrawl, he inked: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take… — Diane Setterfield 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
“You have brought detection as near an exact science as it ever will be brought in this world.” My companion flushed up… — Arthur Conan Doyle 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
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
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
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![“Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman." [Sherlock Holmes, on Mrs. Hudson's cooking.]” quote by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e23/arthur-conan-doyle-273_breakfast_her-cuisine-is-limited-but-she-has-as-go_1820964.jpg)
![“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être .]” quote by Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ec/arthur-conan-doyle-273_detectives_because-it-is-my-desire-is-that-not-enou_1647512.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/7c4/mark-gatiss-10930_great-person_we-turned-the-lights-off-to-save-money-s_1959381.jpg)
![“[On writing more Sherlock Holmes stories.] ‘I don’t care whether you do or not,’ said Bram. ‘But you will, eventually. He’s yours, till death do you part. Did you really think he was dead and gone when you wrote “The Final Problem”? I don’t think you did. I think you always knew he’d be back. But…” quote by Graham Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad6/graham-moore-18909_dead-and-gone_on-writing-more-sherlock-holmes-stories_158928.jpg)
