Sherlock Holmes Quotes

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Mycroft Holmes (looking at a screen): Why am I looking at this?

Sherlock Holmes: Thatā€™s her, John and Maryā€™s baby.

Mycroft Holmes: Oh, I see, yes. Looks veryā€¦ fully functioning.

Sherlock Holmes: Is that really the best you can do?

Mycroft Holmes: Sorry, Iā€™ve never been very good with them.

Sherlock Holmes: Babies?

Mycroft Holmes: Humans.

Sherlock Holmes: I canā€™t stand it, never can. Thereā€™s a loose thread in the world.

John Watson: It doesnā€™t mean you have to pull on it.

Sherlock Holmes: What kind of a life would that be?

Mary Watson (about a case): And what are you going to call this one?

John Watson: Oh, the Ghost Driver.

Sherlock Holmes: Donā€™t give it a title.

John Watson: People like the titles.

Sherlock Holmes: They hate the titles.

John Watson: Give the people what they want.

Sherlock Holmes: No, never do that ā€“ people are stupid.

Greg Lestrade: Youā€™re at the beck and call of a screaming, demanding baby, woken up at all hours to obey its every whim. Must feel very differentā€¦

Sherlock Holmes: Sorry, what?

John Watson: Yes, well, you know how it is. All you do is clean up their mess, pat them on the head.

Sherlock Holmes: Are you two having a little joke?

John Watson: Never a word of thanks. Canā€™t even tell peopleā€™s faces apart.

Sherlock Holmes: This is a joke, isnā€™t it?

Greg Lestrade: Yeah, and itā€™s all, ā€œOh, arenā€™t you clever. Youā€™re so, so clever.ā€

Sherlock Holmes: Is it about me?

Greg Lestrade: I think he needs winding.

John Watson: You know, I think that really might be it.

Sherlock Holmes: No, donā€™t get it.

Sherlock Holmes: Take all the credit. It gets boring if I just solve them all.

Greg Lestrade: Yeah, you say that, but then John blogs about it, and you get all the credit anyway.

John Watson: Heā€™s got a point.

Greg Lestrade: Which makes me look like some kind of prima Donna who insists on getting credit for something he didnā€™t do!

John Watson: Well, I think youā€™ve hit a sore spot, Sherlock.

Greg Lestrade: Like Iā€™m some kind of credit junkie.

John Watson: Definitely a sore spot.

Molly Hooper: Didnā€™t you get Johnā€™s text?

Sherlock Holmes: No. I delete his texts. I delete any text that begins ā€œHi.ā€

Molly Hooper: No idea why people think youā€™re incapable of human emotion.

John Watson (to Sherlock): Godfather, weā€™d like you to be godfather.

Sherlock Holmes: God is a ludicrous fiction, dreamt up by inadequates who abnegate all responsibility to an invisible magic friend.

John Watson: Yeah, but thereā€™ll be cake. Will you do it?

Sherlock Holmes: Iā€™ll get back to you.

John Watson: A jellyfish?

Sherlock Holmes: I know.

John Watson: You canā€™t arrest a jellyfish.

Sherlock Holmes: You could try.

John Watson: We did try.

ā€˜The Duplicate Man ā€“ How could Dennis Parkinson be in two places at the same time? And murder one of them?ā€™

John Watson: Sherlockā€¦

Sherlock Holmes: Itā€™s never twins.

Sherlock Holmes (about Moriarty): Heā€™s planned something, something long-term. Something that would take effect if he never made it off that rooftop alive. Posthumous revenge. No, better than that ā€“ posthumous game.

Mycroft Holmes (reading Sherlockā€™s tweets): ā€œBack on Terra firma.ā€

Sherlock Holmes: Donā€™t read them out.

Mycroft Holmes: ā€œFree as a bird.ā€

Sherlock Holmes: God, youā€™re such a spoilsport.

Mycroft Holmes: Will you take this matter seriously, Sherlock?

Sherlock Holmes: I am! What makes you think Iā€™m not taking it seriously?

Mycroft Holmes: ā€œ#OhWhatABeautifulMorningā€

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