80 Holmes Quotes
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Famous Holmes Quotes
To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously. — Arthur Conan Doyle
If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged. — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot — Agatha Christie
We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes. — A. A. Gill
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle. — Lewis Carroll
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. — Carl Jung
Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one! — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Great minds think alone. — Wiz Khalifa
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Great minds think for themselves. — Immanuel Kant
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. — Alexis Carrel
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. — Agatha Christie
Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly. — Eoin Colfer
Short Holmes Quotes
- Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge. — Jordan Sonnenblick
- Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- You see, but you do not observe. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. — Rex Stout
- Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. — Arthur Conan Doyle
- A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud. — Victor Kiam
Sherlock Holmes Quotes
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 exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers. — Arthur Conan Doyle
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 wishing that I could have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so often adorned. - Sherlock Holmes. — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle. — Frederick Buechner
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
To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long ago. I hope the series shows how important friendship is. — Jeremy Brett
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. — Jeffery Deaver
you can give it a long name if you like, but I'm an old-fashioned woman and I call it mother-wit, and it's so rare for a man to have it that if he does you write a book about him and call him Sherlock Holmes. — Dorothy L. Sayers
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 did nothing in the night-time.' That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub. — Morley Safer
I've done 33 Sherlock Holmes stories and bits of them are all right. But the definitive Sherlock Holmes is really in everyone's head. No actor can fit into that category because every reader has his own ideal. — Jeremy Brett
People Writing About Holmes
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Arthur Conan Doyle |
414 | 3321 |
 Agatha Christie |
376 | 2192 |
 Robert Louis Stevenson |
455 | 4638 |
 A. A. Gill |
32 | 810 |
 Lewis Carroll |
371 | 3008 |
 Carl Jung |
804 | 13370 |
More Holmes Quotes
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. — Arthur Conan Doyle
John Clellon Holmes... and I were sitting around trying to think up the meaning of the Lost Generation and the subsequent existentialism and I said 'You know John, this is really a beat generation'; and he leapt up and said, 'That's it, that's right!' — Jack Kerouac
There are two names that jump right out to me they are Mariska Hargitay and Katie Holmes. Both of these women are incredibly talented, and also wonderful moms, they would be down on their knees right after a take to play with their kids. They’re beautiful women inside and out, and that’s what inspires me! — Bailee Madison
There is a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado, page on the Colorado Tea Party site as well, talking about him joining the Tea Party last year. Now we don’t know if this is the same Jim Holmes - but this is Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado. — Brian Ross
Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill. — Arthur Conan Doyle
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work. — Arthur Conan Doyle
No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing. — Erik Larson
The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way. — Jack Kerouac
For Karen Holmes (in From Here to Eternity), I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to. — Deborah Kerr
Now, Watson,” said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through the gloom, throwing out two golden tunnels of yellow light from its side lanterns. “You’ll come with me, won’t you?” “If I can be of use.” “Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same. — Arthur Conan Doyle
George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed. — Larry Holmes
We know more about Tom [Cruise] and Katie [Holmes] than we do about global warming. We're the most entertained, least informed people in the world. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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. Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle
"I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the fire. "Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur." — Arthur Conan Doyle
It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. — Arthur Conan Doyle
There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you. — Arthur Conan Doyle
That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If he became one, that would be interesting. But you have to give him somewhere to go, as [Conan] Doyle did. — Mark Gatiss
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 much smarter than anybody else. — Stan Lee
It wasn't about Larry Holmes, if I would have fought a brother I wouldn't have gotten the money I got. Give me 10 black guys and I make eight dollars. Give me Gerry Cooney and I make $10 million. — Larry Holmes
If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure. — Arthur Conan Doyle
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