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Come at once if convenient- if inconvenient come all the same.
- S. H. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart. — Arthur Conan Doyle

No wonder Sherlock Holmes did all that coke. Math is hard. — Richard Kadrey

It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.' — Chris Carter

I really don't know what to think, Mr Holmes,' Lestrade muttered. 'Well, that's nothing new. — Anthony Horowitz

I abhour the dull routine of existence - Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

Something has gone amiss with the world, he found himself thinking. Something has changed in the marrow, and I'm at a loss to make sense of it. — Mitch Cullin

A three-pint problem — Melvyn Small

I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder which you have omitted. From His Last Bow — Arthur Conan Doyle

Information can be harmful when you're not ready for it. ['The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes'] — Richard Walter

You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh. — Anthony Horowitz

I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me. — Arthur Conan Doyle

THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES — Arthur Conan Doyle

It's quite exciting, said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I have never loved, Watson, but if I did and if the woman I loved had met such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes and Jem Finch would agree. — Harper Lee

A strange enigma is man — Arthur Conan Doyle

I don't remember Sherlock Holmes ever mentioning what you are supposed to do when you've eliminated everything improbable, and nothing is left. — Donnie Eichar

It is all in the way of professional experience.
- Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

I want to be this generation's Sherlock Holmes. That is, the man to solve first world problems. — J.R. Rim

It's elementary, my dear Winifred. — Miss Mae

Jerry Jones and Chris Christie are probably the most important latent homosexual relationship since Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. — Kinky Friedman

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. — Rex Stout

A mistake would have been fatal."
-Sherlock Holmes- — Arthur Conan Doyle

Fool. He's as bad as Watson, trying to throw himself in harm's way for the sake of the Great Detective. — Emma Jane Holloway

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. — Arthur Conan Doyle

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Isn't it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are? — Natalie Dormer

What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance. — Arthur Conan Doyle

To begin at the beginning. — Arthur Conan Doyle

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Life is seldom about the destination, Sherlock," smiled Irene. "It's about the journey. — Melvyn Small

I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out. — Catherine Jinks

I half expected to find Sherlock Holmes thumb wrestling with Jane Austen in the corner. — Rachel Cohn

So you can put that in your pipe and smoke it Mr. Busybody Holmes. — Arthur Conan Doyle

It's a fallacy to believe that age in itself brings wisdom, but one thing it infallibly brings is experience. — Gillian Linscott

Speaking professionally, it was admirably done."
-John H. Watson-
-The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes- — Arthur Conan Doyle

It is very good of Lord St. Simon to honour my head by putting it on a level with his own, said Sherlock Holmes, laughing. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Hello, Miss Adler. Irene Adler. Wow," he said, his voice hushed. "This is so weird. — Colleen Gleason

Did you learn to drive - by playing Mario Kart - "
"I've never put a Mario in a cart and I never will. — Eva Morgan

The universe is just like old Sherlock Holmes and hides all of its goodies in plain sight. — Steve Merrick

I am lost without my Boswell.
[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.] — Arthur Conan Doyle

In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself. — Arthur Conan Doyle

But not to our Muffin. — Dorothy B. Hughes

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. — Jeffery Deaver

If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o'-the-wisps of the imagination. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Some of you rich men have to be taught that all the world cannot be bribed into condoning your offences. Sherlock Holmes, The Problem of Thor Bridge — Arthur Conan Doyle

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn. — Graham Moore

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. — Arthur Conan Doyle

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. — Arthur Conan Doyle

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES — Arthur Conan Doyle

Lord St Simon: 'I presume your usual clients do not belong to the same class?'
Sherlock Holmes: 'No, indeed. My last client was a king. — Arthur Hall

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Arthur Conan Doyle

I have taken to living by my wits. — Arthur Conan Doyle

The real thing--Scotland Yard? Or Sherlock Holmes? — Anonymous

nondescript individuals put in an appearance, Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go. — Arthur Conan Doyle

So I need to lay down some ground rules."
"Rules for the use of the ground?" He's gazing out the window. "Am I still allowed to step on it? — Eva Morgan

I was forced to agree. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Eliminate the impossible, and what ever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" - Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot. — Arthur Conan Doyle

John [to Sherlock]: You're incredible. A genius. A good friend. And a lousy driver. — Guy Adams

Why does he see so much risk? "It's a knockoff of the old Sherlock Holmes version of motive, means, and opportunity," he told me. — Anonymous

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

I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge. — Jordan Sonnenblick

Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight. — Jeremy Brett

I consider a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. — Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

And he has guns and dogs that would make the Hound of Baskervilles seem like a bleeding Pekinese. — David Baldacci

Who are you, then?" "My name is Sherlock Holmes." "Good Lord!" "You have heard of me, I see. — Arthur Conan Doyle

You have been in Afghanistan I perceive. — Arthur Conan Doyle

The game is afoot. — Arthur Conan Doyle

You can never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. — Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Men of character always differentiate their long letters, however illegibly they may write. - Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries. — Peter Weir

Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he. — Arthur Conan Doyle

You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing. — Laurie R. King

Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired. — Laurie R. King

I think I have known how to frame the letter, said Sherlock Holmes. — Arthur Conan Doyle

My book is extremely graphic. I make no apologies for it. But it is graphic only because I told the truth about what the Ripper did to his victims. — Bernard Schaffer

A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud. — Victor Kiam

A man needs an antidote to boredom. A man needs ambition.

To do what? — Emma Jane Holloway

Mr. Sherlock Holmes ... was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night. — Arthur Conan Doyle

When will you be pleased to dine, Mr. Holmes?' Mrs. Hudson asked. 'Seven-thirty, the day after to-morrow' said he. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning. — Arthur Conan Doyle

One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it.
-Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

You know my methods. Apply them. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses. — Rob Thomas

There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery — Graham Moore

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Let us remove God from the equation, shall we? — Mitch Cullin

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it. — 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

I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Out there, there is some kinda genius person... I am talking about Sherlock Holmes... First very fast talking + in the same full of knowledge. — Deyth Banger

The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel. — Nicholas Meyer

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. — Arthur Conan Doyle

When I think of Sherlock Holmes, I think of a guy who can wander into the confusion of life and sort of pluck out answers at will. — Graham Moore