Sherlock Holmes

"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is quite clear."

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

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

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

"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."

"I have nothing to do today except to avoid ennui."

"Crime is common. Logic is rare."

"You know my methods, Watson."

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library."

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

"I have devoted my life to sifting out the truth."

"There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you."

"The game is afoot!"

"I am a believer in the genius of the individual."

"It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it."

"My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."

"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues."

"Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature."

"I am the most inconstant of men, but faithful to this one hobby of mine."

"To a great mind, nothing is little."

"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself."

"The press, Watson, is a most valuable institution."

"I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner."

"My dear Watson, you have not really a very remarkable faculty for observation."

"I think that there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch."

"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

"You will find it a very pretty little problem."

"I assure you, Watson, there is no subject which interests me less."

"The case is as simple as that."