Holmes Quotes

• My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Self, Departure, Modesty

  "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes". Book by Arthur Conan Doyle (p. 638), 2007.

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• My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Business, Names, People

  "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" (1892)

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• Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

  Rex Stout

  Stories, Scene, Marvelous

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• No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Tired, Feelings, Constitution

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• It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact. ~ Sherlock Holmes

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Two, Four, Might

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear”, p.17, BoD - Books on Demand

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• You see, but you do not observe.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Curiosity, Statistics, Detectives

  "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

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• Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

  Ernest Holmes

  Love, Life, Change

  Ernest Holmes (2012). “The Science of Mind Collection”, p.225, Penguin

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• You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Method, Observation, Trifles

  1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,'The Boscombe Valley Mystery'.

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Cases

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.526, Race Point Publishing

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• I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “The sign of the four (low cost): Limited edition”, p.14, Arthur Conan Doyle

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• Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' The dog did nothing in the night-time.' That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Dog, Night, Wish

  "Silver Blaze" (1892)

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• Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.

  Thomas Sowell

  Party, Reality, Thinking

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• It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Mistake, Math, Science

  "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

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• Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Love, Insanity, Mind

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table”, p.42, Reprint Services Corporation

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

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Life, Obvious Things, World

  Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901).

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• It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

  Frederick Buechner

  Men, Would Be, Impossible

  Frederick Buechner (1973). “Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.”, Harper San Francisco

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• I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Power, Law, Justice

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2011). “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes”, p.97, House of Stratus

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• It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Said, Exciting

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.37, Race Point Pub

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• I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Heart, Wickedness, Heard

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott McKowen (2004). “The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”, p.180, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Thinking, Impatience, Should

  1915 The Valley of Fear, ch.1.

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• I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.

  Erik Larson

  Inspiration, Serial Killer, Devil

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• My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all.

  Larry Holmes

  Names, Fans, Knows

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• The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate.

  Jeremy Brett

  Heart, Men, Swag

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• I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.

  Gerry Cooney

  Guy, Larry, Seeing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Life, Positive, Wisdom

  'The Poet at the Breakfast Table' (1872) ch. 10

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