“My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel. — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
“...So you can put that in your pipe and smoke it Mr. Busybody Holmes.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had anyone? And when I say "had", I'm being indelicate.” — Irene Adler Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child, I've always been fascinated with Sherlock Holmes. — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. —Sherlock Holmes,” — Amy Webb Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wake up and think, 'I want to look like Sherlock Holmes today,' and other times I want to look like… — Edie Campbell Copy Share Image
“No one except Sherlock Holmes thought he should be going anywhere, least of all his long-suffering doctor, but the game was afoot.” — Emma Jane Holloway Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Well, Watson.' 'Yes, Holmes? 'I believe the wheel has turned yet again–and now it's back to work!” — Ken Ludwig Copy Share Image
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
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 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
“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
“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
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
In a way Poe was a big influence for Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. I think he really did influence many… — Raul Garcia Copy Share Image
And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Of all the ways to murder someone, slowly, over the course of about 75 years or so, is the best way to… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“That, in a nutshell, is the scientific method: understand and frame the problem; observe; hypothesize (or imagine); test and deduce; and repeat.… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
“And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge… — Arthur Conan Doyle 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
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
“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 affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I am lost without my Boswell. [Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.] ” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Moriarty: . . .everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.” — Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
“Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Sherlock Holmes was a drug addict without a single amiable trait. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image