Holmes Quotes

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.

All right, Watson. Don’t look so scared,” he muttered in a very weak voice. “It’s not as bad as it seems.” “Thank God for that!” “I’m a bit of a single-stick expert, as you know. I took most of them on my guard. It was the second man that was too much for me.” “What can I do, Holmes? Of course, it was that damned fellow who set them on. I’ll go and thrash the hide off him if you give the word.” “Good old Watson!(...)

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

Who would be cleared by their committees? Not Washington, who was a rebel. Not Jefferson. who wrote that ... "rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." Not Garrison, who publicly burned the Constitution; or Wendell Phillips ... a philosophical anarchist; nor [William] Seward of the Higher Law.... Not Lincoln ... or Wilson ... or Justice Holmes.

Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for he took to that of his own notion.

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.

There's no police like Holmes.

I kept looking [at Katie] and thinking, 'This woman's amazing.' I'm happy that I'm with her. She's amazing, and I'd think the same of her even if she wasn't with me - she's just amazing.

What one man can invent, another can discover.

The fight with Holmes was a plus. I gained so much experience.

I was once again looking for a book idea, and I remembered Holmes, but I specifically remembered that there was this World's Fair thing in the background. I thought, 'I'll read about the fair.' I had nothing better to do. I'd dismissed about a dozen ideas, and I was getting sort of antsy. I started reading, and that's where I got hooked.

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

I am inclined to think -' said I. 'I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

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 each one is a different interpretation - the source material can take that form of interpretation.

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.

I always had the hope that Holmes and I would fight again.

Tom Cruise's pre-nup lets him keep his money, the kids and Katie Holmes.

I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.

You know my methods. Apply them.

I undid the wrappings with great curiosity, for Holmes did not normally give gifts. I opened the dark velvet jewller's box and found inside a shiny new set of picklocks, a younger version of his own. "Holmes, ever the romantic. Mrs. Hudson would be pleased.

Holmes, I'm a 24 year old prude.

Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

The majority opinions [of the Supreme Court] determined the cases but these dissenting opinions will determine the minds of the future.