100 result(s) for Famous Sherlock Holmes Quotes.
"Data! Data! Data! I can’t make bricks without clay."
"The best of us must sometimes eat our words."
"A man’s mind is like a room, and the papers in that room? Those are the thoughts of the man. You just have to sift through them to find the truth."
"You know my methods, Watson. Apply them!"
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."
"The secret of the world is a problem of observation."
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"There is no great genius without some touch of madness."
"A study of books is a study of us."
"I know that it is a little thing, but it takes a little thing to make a great thing."
"The truth is a thing that you should not think too much about. It is sufficient in life to simply follow your instincts and what you feel."
"The difficulty is that you are up against an educated man."
"It is not enough to be clever, you must also be kind."
"In the end, every man must decide for himself what is true and what is false."
"Only those who see the invisible can do the impossible."
"I never guess. It is a shocking habit — destructive to the logical faculty."
"Data! Data! Data! I cannot make bricks without clay."
"Your level of intelligence is not the problem; it’s your level of trust."
"There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result."
"A man’s mind is like a garden: it may be intelligently and carefully cultivated, or allowed to run wild."
"The most difficult crime to track is the one which is not committed."
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
"The best way to get a thing done is to tell a busy person to do it."
"It is important to make a distinction between an intelligent solution and a simple one."
"Occasionally, I can hear what you think."
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius."
"A scandal is more than a scandal. It becomes a legend."
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
"I can see you are a man of principle and integrity."
"The best gauge of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."
"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"You cannot tell the depth of a well until you bring the water up."
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment."
"I never guess. It is a shocking habit, destructive to the logical faculty."
"Watson, you are being dull. Write it down and make it a chapter in your memoirs."
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"The best and noblest gifts of humanity cannot be the monopoly of a particular race."
"Disguises are always deceptive."
"Detective work is rather like surgery; it is a matter of caution and precision."
"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear."
"I have a great gift for secrecy; I could write a book on it."
"You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."
"Your merits should be your own; your faults are not of your making."
"The man who never makes a mistake is the man who never makes anything."
"It is more than a year since we met, Watson, and I think we have not wasted our time."
"I am not a criminal, Watson, but I have had to bend the law to defend myself."
"No, my dear Watson. I never make mistakes. The great thing is to translate everything into the right language."
"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
"In the end, it is the story that counts."
"Every face, every shop, every street has a story to tell."
"A man is not judged by how many times he has fallen, but by how many times he has risen again."
"The truth is that which withstands examination."
"We all know that no one can ever be perfectly right in their opinions."
"I never guess. It is a shocking habit,—destructive to the logical faculty."
"Your conclusions are a perfect example of the danger of drawing bad conclusions from an incomplete set of data."
"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."
"A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem."
"I cannot be alive without my art."
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
"To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name."
"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last."
"There is nothing more menacing than a great intellect alone."
"I think your French is a little rusty, Watson."
"A mind like mine is always ready to appreciate the marvels of the ordinary"
"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."
"We are all coincidences. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn't exist."
"Hope strengthens, fear kills."
"I am not an egotist. I am just objectively better than everyone else."
"The chief proof of your intelligence is that you are not satisfied with it."
"A scandal is becoming very bad news when it happens to someone else."
"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."
"Men are always better at being loyal than being rational."
"It is the brain, the little grey cells on which one must rely."
"There is no such thing as a self-made man."
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
"The game is afoot!"
"I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix."
"Elementary, my dear Watson."
"To a great mind, nothing is little."
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
"Your merits should be your own, Watson; you should not lay them at my door."
"The best way to get rid of a nuisance is to make a friend."
"Data! Data! Data! I can't make bricks without clay."
"It's a thin line between sanity and madness."
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."
"I never guess. It is a shocking habit—destructive to the logical faculty."
"The little things are infinitely the most important."
"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."
"I am not a ranting, raving madman; I am simply keenly observant."
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
"There is nothing like first-hand evidence."
"A study in scarlet is the first of my significant works."
"You see, but you do not observe."
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."
"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what others do not."
"A woman’s heart and a woman’s age are unknown; no one can judge them."
"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
"I’d like to be a little more guided by what my long instincts tell me..."
"Crime is common. Logic is rare."
"Every action has consequences, be they good or ill."
"I have no ambition to become an official investigator, I am too fond of liberty."
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