Sherlock Holmes

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use."

"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, you must always consider what remains, however improbable?"

"The game is afoot!"

"I am not a man of sentiment, but I am afraid of myself."

"It is of the highest importance that this fellow should think that I have taken the bait."

"You know my methods. Apply them."

"It is a curious thing to speculate upon. If this young man is innocent, where is he?"

"The red-headed league is now in the past, and Mr. Wilson can return to his labours."

"I assure you, the circumstance was to me an entirely new one."

"It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London."

"I am afraid, my dear friend, that most of your conclusions were erroneous."

"London has become a singularly uninteresting city since the criminal classes have been so shockingly cut off by the melodramatic sequel to that little problem."

"That was the one point which I had not anticipated."

"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."

"Singular and yet quite simple,—you will see how deplorably simple when I explain it to you."

"I have already explained to the worthy inspector that the footprints which he has found belong to the second person."

"A very commonplace little murder, indeed, if you will forgive me for saying so."

"I have not all my facts yet, but I expect to have them soon."

"You know my methods, my dear Watson. I put myself in the man's position."

"Evil comes from without; it is contracted and not generated within."

"I have nothing to do, you perceive, and cases have been scarce lately."

"It is quite possible that I may be of some use."

"The temptation of sudden wealth so easily acquired was too much for him."

"You see, my dear Watson, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy."

"This is indeed a mystery which it would be superfluous in me to solve."

"I have not observed that the word 'monster' is to be found in my vocabulary."

"My dear fellow, you forget that we are now in the twentieth century."

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

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