Holmes Quotes - Page 4

• The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than he was during the Victorian era.

  Laurie R. King

  War, Different, World

  "PW Talks with Laurie R. King". Interview with Robert C. Hahn, www.publishersweekly.com. February 18, 2002.

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• I felt so good when I fought Larry [Holmes]. When I fought Larry the first time, I mean, first time in my life, I mean, I could remember I wanted to fight.

  Michael Spinks

  Mean, Fighting, Firsts

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• The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.

  Mark Gatiss

  Real, Thinking, Horror Stories

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• Carve every word before you let it fall.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Fall, Communication, Thinking

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• I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.

  Evander Holyfield

  Boxing, Decision, Ears

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

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• I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.

  Maureen Johnson

  Kids, Two, Detectives

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• There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication.

  Margaret Atwood

  Would Be, Publication, Serials

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• I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him.

  Steve Coogan

  Book, Hard Work, Home

  Steve Coogan (2003). “Alan Partridge: every ruddy word : all the scripts - from radio to TV and back”

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• 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

  Different, Awful, Way

  "A life in writing: Henning Mankell" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head.

  Mark Haddon

  Hurt, Mind, Degrees

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• You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Silence, Companion, Watson

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• 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

  Life, Death, Insanity

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• You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Information, Congrats

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”, p.93, My Ebook Publishing House

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• The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times... What do you think of this, Holmes? Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off the treasure! How's that?" "On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside," said Holmes.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Brother, Thinking, Night

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• Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Wine, Oysters, White

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “All about Sherlock Holmes”, p.177, "Издательство ""Проспект"""

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• I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Research, Sociopath, Psychopath

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• The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Actors, Crime, Lost

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2005). “The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels (Slipcased Edition)”, p.570, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I’ve often wished that I had some suave and socially acceptable hobby that I could fall back on in times like this. You know, play the violin (or was it the viola) like Sherlock Holmes, or maybe twiddle away on the pipe organ like the Disney version of Captain Nemo. But I don’t. I’m sort of the arcane equivalent of a classic computer geek. I do magic, in one form or another, and that’s pretty much it. I really need to get a life, one of these days

  Jim Butcher

  Fall, Play, Magic

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.87, Penguin Group

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• I wanted to say something brilliant. My God, Holmes, how did you know the zombie was hiding in the flower pot? But I couldn't lie.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Lying, Flower, Zombie

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-5”, p.765, Penguin

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• You let their friendship continue because Maisie looks after your son while you're gallivanting around the country disguised as Sherlock Holmes" - Uncle Paton Yewbeam

  Jenny Nimmo

  Country, Uncles, Son

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• But a topee is not a turban, and I had been my teacher's pupil before I became my husband's wife, learning to my bones that half a disguise is none at all...The moment my short-cropped, pomade-sleek, unquestionably masculine hair passed beneath his nose was the closest thing I've ever seen Holmes to fainting dead away.

  Laurie R. King

  Teacher, Husband, Hair

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• Stop it!' He relented, so far as he could, stepping forward to take my head into his hands. 'Russell, once, only once, I was taken and suffered for it. Please, my dear wife, believe me, this is not the same situation...'...I turned back to Holmes and hissed, 'If you're wrong, I shall be extremely angry with you.' Then O kissed him hard on the lips, more threat than affection, and let him step back into his cell...'However, Russ? I think that, all in all, given the choice, I prefer you with the hair and without the moustache.

  Laurie R. King

  Believe, Taken, Thinking

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• 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

  Pain, Doe, Detective Work

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics)”, p.40, Delphi Classics

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• I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by my wrist and pushed me back into my chair. 'It is both, or none,' said he. 'You may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Rose, Gentleman, May

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.8, Zillmann Publishing

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• Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.

  Douglas Adams

  Truth, Answers, Impossible

  Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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