Sherlock Holmes

"The game is afoot!"

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

"I am not a romantic, but I am a realist."

"The mind is the most powerful weapon we possess."

"Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side."

"You see, but you do not observe."

"I never guess. It is a shocking habit, destructive to the logical faculty."

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone."

"The world is full of obvious things which no one by any chance ever observes."

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, you must turn to whatever remains?"

"My brother would suggest that I am the most selfish man in London."

"Boredom is my nemesis."

"The game is never afoot unless the stakes are high."

"I am a creature of habit and method."

"Three pip bottles and a chemistry set - how my evening improves."

"What do you make of him, Watson?"

"I have my methods."

"You know my methods: apply them."

"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time."

"I cannot conceive why a man should ever submit himself to such torture."

"Data, data, data! I can't make bricks without clay."

"There is nothing so deceptive as an obvious fact."

"I am the most long-suffering man in London."

"A scandal in Bohemia is far more interesting than a royal scandal."

"The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."

"Crime is common; logic is rare."

"You have attempted to tinge your narrative with romanticism, Watson."

"I derive no pleasure from human companionship."

"The game is worth playing, not the stakes."