Holmes Quotes

125 quotes by 64 authors

There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication. — Margaret Atwood
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of… — Frederick Buechner
"I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the fire. "Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur." — Arthur Conan Doyle
A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud. — Victor Kiam
The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the… — Jack Kerouac
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle
We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes. — A. A. Gill
Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head. — Muhammad Ali
Mike Holmes is insanely talented and his work bristles with the kind of humanity and insight that is rare in comics â€“ or in humans,… — Tom Scharpling
I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a… — Steve Coogan
For Karen Holmes (in From Here to Eternity), I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair… — Deborah Kerr
There are two names that jump right out to me they are Mariska Hargitay and Katie Holmes. Both of these women are incredibly talented, and… — Bailee Madison
There is a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado page on the Colorado Tea Party site as well, talking about him joining the Tea Party last… — Brian Ross
Women represent 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people in our world who live in absolute poverty. Consequently, as Joan Holmes, president of the Hunger… — Riane Eisler
The problem is that most people spend their lives looking but not truly seeing, or, as Sherlock Holmes, the meticulous English detective, declared to his… — Joe Navarro
Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. — Rex Stout
I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best. — Rex Stout
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. — Jeffery Deaver
If I had never touched Holmes, who has tended to obscure my higher work, my position in literature would at the present moment be a… — Arthur Conan Doyle
John Clellon Holmes... and I were sitting around trying to think up the meaning of the Lost Generation and the subsequent existentialism and I said… — Jack Kerouac

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