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Sherlock Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- [Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
- One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock…
- We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr.…
- Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking…
- 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…
- I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
- 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…
- 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…
- I suppose I shall have to compound a felony, as usual. - Sherlock Holmes
- It is all in the way of professional experience. - Sherlock Holmes
- My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.
- Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge…
- No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes
- Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse,…
- You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?"…
- It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four,…
- It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.
- So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock today I found myself in my old armchair in my own old room, and only…
- You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?" "Yes, he did." "When did he say this?" "When he left me." "Did…
- If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.
More Sherlock Quotes
- 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… — Frederick Buechner
- A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud. — Victor Kiam
- [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… — A. A. Gill
- For me, there are two different things that make Sherlock Sherlock. One is, you know, within the books: obviously he's a genius… — Jonny Lee Miller
- I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only… — Steve Coogan
- The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human… — Rupert Everett
- The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he… — Rupert Everett
- I don't want to come over all po-faced, because ultimately Sherlock is just entertainment, but if I can, I want to try… — Louise Brealey
- The problem is that most people spend their lives looking but not truly seeing, or, as Sherlock Holmes, the meticulous English detective,… — Joe Navarro
- Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. — Rex Stout