Appeals Quote by Jude Law

Holmes serves as an ideal model of how we can learn to see and think better.

— Maria Konnikova

Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

They are a great essay in male friendship, which has gone now. Men's friendship has been debased. One of the lovely things about Holmes…

— Jeremy Brett

You can compare Holmes and Watson to great Shakespearean characters, in a way. They've been played by hundreds of actors over the years, and…

— Jude Law

“Watson is a cheap, efficient little sod of a literary device. Holmes doesn't need him to solve crimes any more than he needs a…

— Graham Moore

Ever since I was a child, I've always been fascinated with Sherlock Holmes.

— Kam Williams

“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge of Astronomy:…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

And once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complexity of human life…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“How did the System Holmes machine become . . . a System Watson? Simple. Holmes says it himself: he had lost interest in the…

— Maria Konnikova

Sherlock and Watson are a love story

— Martin Freeman

“Holmes’s trick is to treat every thought, every experience, and every perception the way he would a pink elephant. In other words, begin with…

— Maria Konnikova