Holmes Quote by Tom Scharpling

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

— Maria Konnikova

It's interesting to see how people bring different things to them. I think it comes down to the universal appeal of the Holmes-Watson that…

— Jude Law

When I was a kid, I loved reading Sherlock Holmes. Now, you don't think of him as a superhero, but he was so damn…

— Stan Lee

Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and…

— Daniel H. Wilson

Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

“Bill Thompson edited ‘Whitechapel,’ and his first question to me was, “Why in God’s name do you want to bring down Superman?” And my…

— Bernard Schaffer

“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

Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.

— Bryce Dallas Howard

Sherlock is a portrait of humanity - he takes nature's gift of thought and runs with it, bringing along all the human struggles, fears,…

— Kyle Hill

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

— Pindar

I suppose, some days I wake up and I have to be responsible and down-to-earth and reliable, and other days I don't. I think…

— Jude Law

If I had never touched Holmes, who has tended to obscure my higher work, my position in literature would at the present moment be…

— Arthur Conan Doyle