Sherlock Holmes

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

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

"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!"

"My dear fellow, you go at things with a sort of bombastic energy which may be admirable but is occasionally somewhat wearying."

"There is nothing so important as trifles."

"The impossible once eliminated, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, is the truth."

"I am inclined to think that this has been a problem of the first importance."

"I have always held that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

"It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital."

"Do not do it, Watson. The matter is more complex than it appears."

"I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule."

"What do you make of it, Watson?"

"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."

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

"You see everything. You observe nothing."

"A man's ego is his constant companion, Watson."

"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before."

"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic."

"Now and then I have been tempted to tell you how I have wearied of clap-trap."

"My dear Watson, you have done it again. You have intuited what others cannot perceive."

"The probability that we may be tempted over the border of the legal is slight."

"I find that it is one of my most useful accomplishments."

"Do not tamper with the matter, Watson. It is as it is."

"I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Moriarty were in the streets of London."

"I have no time for trifles, Watson. My energies must be reserved for the weightier matters."

"You understand, Watson, that this matter strikes at the very heart of the matter."

"It is characteristic of the criminal mind to suppose that all other minds work on the same basis as his own."

"In the end, Watson, we are all servants of the truth."

"Ah, the games we play are nothing compared to the game of life itself."

"I have notes of some twenty odd little problems."