Holmes Quotes

125 quotes by 63 authors

Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture, where the most logical mind may be at fault. Sherlock Holmes speaking with… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more… — Mark Gatiss
I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front… — Evander Holyfield
I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective… — Maureen Johnson
We know more about Tom [Cruise] and Katie [Holmes] than we do about global warming. We're the most entertained, least informed people in the world. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation. — Benedict Cumberbatch
If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him' - which is… — Benedict Cumberbatch
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways. — Henning Mankell
And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree… — Mark Haddon
In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road. — C.S. Lewis
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Once you fall, Septimus repeated to himself, human nature is on you. Holmes and Bradshaw are on you. They scour the desert. They fly screaming… — Virginia Woolf
I became, in other words, more like Holmes than the man himself: brilliant, driven to a point of obsession, careless of myself, mindless of others,… — Laurie R. King
Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' The dog… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and… — Laurie R. King
I suppose I shall have to compound a felony, as usual. - Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is all in the way of professional experience. - Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King

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