Sherlock Holmes

Character in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes From: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Detective and protagonist known for witty observations and deductive reasoning

479 quotes

"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic."
Education
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the smallest facts may be the most suggestive."
Wisdom
"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family?"
"The fair sex is your department."
Relationships
"I never remember faces. My memory is quite full enough with the world's data."
Knowledge
"A gentleman should have some respect for his own privacy."
Freedom
"I have got him."
Success
"The game is worth far more than the prize."
Adventure
"This is indeed a mystery which presents some features of interest."
"Come now, Watson, you do yourself an injustice."
Kindness
"Ah, here's a problem, Watson. Something a little out of the common."
Imagination
"My methods are built upon the observation of trifles."
Science
"The case is rather a complex one."
Wisdom
"You yourself are the problem."
"It is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences, each dependent on its predecessor and each simple in itself."
"You have erred perhaps, though it is all in the way of the profession."
Wisdom
"A most curious collection of scents."
"I am lost without my Boswell."
Friendship
"The case is not entirely devoid of interest."
"Ah, you see the difficulty clearly. Remarkable!"
"That's a suggestive case."
"Watson, I think that I shall have need of your medical knowledge before the night is out."
Friendship
"The investigation has certainly presented some features of uncommon interest."
Adventure
"One should always look for a possible alternative and provide against it."
Wisdom
"I am a creature of habit and of logic"
Philosophy
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes"
Wisdom
"Crime is common. Logic is rare"
Justice
"You see, but you do not observe"
Knowledge
"The game is afoot"
Adventure
"It is of the highest importance that you do not allow yourself to be discouraged"
Courage