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

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman.
[Sherlock Holmes, on Mrs. Hudson's cooking.] — Arthur Conan Doyle

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

As a mental exercise I like to plan the murder of friends and colleges. — Sherlock

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

Good bones of Bonesville," Sherlock Bones said. "If you know what you fear, you'll fear it less. — Jean-Luc Fromental

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

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

Watson: "Get that out of my face."
Sherlock: "It's not in your face, it's in my hand."
Watson: "Get what's in your hand out of my face. — Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

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 don't know and I really don't like not knowing — Sherlock

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

Prayer, in my opinion, is an act of doubt, not an act of faith, for if you truly trusted your god's plan, you wouldn't pray for anything. — Michael Sherlock

Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind. — Thomas Sherlock

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

Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance as manifestly kill themselves as those who hang or poison or drown themselves. — Thomas Sherlock

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

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

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

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

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example. — Arthur Conan Doyle

There it is - a flash of relief crosses his expression. Searching for emotion in Sherlock's face is like bird watching. Ah, yes, the rare relief-bird. — Eva Morgan

I'll always do 'Sherlock' - it's something I'm not going to give up on. — Benedict Cumberbatch

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

She's new.She's going to be interested in stuff."
"I go that, Sherlock, thank you. — C.L.Stone

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

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

It's been a long time since Sherlock Holmes jumped off that roof - it's time to reveal the truth about what happened between him and the pavement. — Steven Moffat

Sherlock Holmes In — Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

To do what? — Emma Jane Holloway

Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one's adversaries to underestimate one's abilities."
~Sherlock Holmes — Stephanie Osborn

That's," I say. My words are all tangled up. "That's. Insane. You're insane."
"I prefer the term brilliant. — Eva Morgan

'Sherlock' is beautifully done, if I may say so myself. Even if I wasn't in it, I would like the show. — Martin Freeman

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 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

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

Coming back from doing 'The Hobbit,' you think 'Sherlock' is realistic, but of course, it's not that realistic. — Martin Freeman

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

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

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

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

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

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

THAT'S THE POINT, SHERLOCK!', — John Green

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

I love 'Sherlock.' I love 'Modern Family.' — Isaac Hempstead-Wright

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

It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull. — Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

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

You're splitting?"
"No sh*it, Sherlock. — Scott Westerfeld

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

The game is afoot. — Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

In my life, the strongest evidence of any fandom is 'Sherlock' - 'Hobbit' fans are positively restrained. — Martin Freeman

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series. — Martin Freeman

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

Sherlock said, 'He eats Cheerios for breakfast with our son, Sean,' and smiled. 'I eat a slice of wheat toast with crunchy peanut butter. — Catherine Coulter

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

Sherlock and Watson are a love story — Martin Freeman

I should like to take this opportunity to name you Sherlock and point out that there is no shit. — Kevin Hearne

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

Although there's an inherent light-heartedness to 'Sherlock,' I slightly err towards not doing the comedy. — Martin Freeman

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dear God, what's it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring. — Sherlock

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