Sherlock Holmes

"I am not a believer in conventional morality."

"Crime is common. Logic is rare."

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

"I have nothing to do with crime, except to prevent it."

"My mind rebels at stagnation."

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity may have faults, but genius will always break through."

"Elementary."

"The woman. I would have followed her to the ends of the earth."

"I beg that you will not reveal where this house is."

"Talent without practice is nothing."

"I am a man of experience. I have lived quite a long life."

"Nothing is more deceptive than an obvious fact."

"The value of imagination over knowledge."

"I have trained my mind to absorb what is useful and to reject what is useless."

"You are the one bright spot in this drab world."

"Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains."

"It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to identify the reason."

"A man's face is his autobiography."

"I find myself back in my old light-conducting moods."

"The photograph might be of service to me."

"Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms."

"From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic."

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

"You have brought order to chaos, and light to darkness."

"It is forbidden knowledge that I seek."

"The unexpected always happens."

"I can deduce from a single fact a thousand conclusions."

"Morality is not a human invention but a human weakness."

"You see the practical application of my methods."

"I am the best and the only judge of my own conduct."