The Hound of the Baskervilles Quotes

[introducing himself]

Bishop Basil Frankland: Bishop of the Upper Isles... for what they're worth.

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[last lines]

Sherlock Holmes: Oh, Watson, the needle!

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[of Sir Henry Baskerville]

Sherlock Holmes: I warned him! What could have possessed him to come out here alone?

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[to Sir Henry Baskerville]

Sherlock Holmes: I must insist upon one thing. Under no circumstances are you to go out onto the moors at night.

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Dr. John Watson: Finished.
[stretching]

Dr. John Watson: Aah!
[picks up and studies walking stick]

Sherlock Holmes: [with his back to Watson] What do you make of it, Watson?

Dr. John Watson: What? Huh,I believe you've got eyes in the back of your head, Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes: Well, I have a well-polished coffee pot in front of me.

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Nun: Monsieur le Doctor Watson, what is keeping Monsieur Holmes so long?

Doctor Watson: Oh, reassurez-vous yourselves sisters, your holy relic will be with you momentarily.

Nun: But we have been waiting almost one hour!

Doctor Watson: Mr. Holmes is a very busy man sister. Monsieur Holmes is an, erm, tres occupée sister.

Nun: But tomorrow is the festival of St Beryl, already thousands of blind cripples are flocking to the chapel hoping to kiss the relic. In the name of all the flocking blind cripples, I beseech you...

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Sherlock Holmes: It's elementary, my dear Watson, elementary...
[Extending it to Watson]

Sherlock Holmes: Muffin?

Doctor John Watson: Thank you.

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Sherlock Holmes: Oh, Watson - the needle!

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[of Sir Henry Baskerville]

Sherlock Holmes: I warned him! What could have possessed him to come out here alone?

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[on meeting Dr. Watson]

Bishop Basil Frankland: I knew a Watson once, a white slaver...

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Cecile Stapleton: The Curse of the Hound is on you!

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Doctor Richard Mortimer: But this is remarkable!

Sherlock Holmes: Superficial. There is nothing remarkable about using one's eyes.

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Doctor Richard Mortimer: But this is remarkable!

Sherlock Holmes: Superficial. There is nothing remarkable about using one's eyes.

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Dr. John Watson: I would to God that Holmes were here. Why does he not come?

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Dr. Mortimer: You interest me very much, Mr. Holmes. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull, or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?

Sherlock Holmes: *Please*, Dr. Mortimer.

Dr. Mortimer: A cast of your skull Sir, until the original becomes available?
[Holmes bursts into laughter]

Dr. Mortimer: It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess, I covet your skull.

Sherlock Holmes: Behave and sit down, Dr. Mortimer.
[Gesturing to the chair]

Dr. Mortimer: [dog sits beside Mr. Mortimer] Spot. Yes, good boy.

Sherlock Holmes: Well, I presume it was not your phrenological passion which drew you to Baker Street.

Dr. Mortimer: Unfortunately it was not, Sir.

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Dr. Watson: It's a pity you didn't think about bringing that infernal violin of yours - to regale me with some of your music!

Sherlock Holmes: I DID, my dear Watson! Anything to oblige!
[he whips out the violin and begins to play]

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Dr. Watson: Then, why are we rushing up to London, leaving Sir Henry entirely alone and unprotected?

Sherlock Holmes: We're not, my dear Watson. We're just giving the impression of rushing up to London.

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James Mortimer, M.D.: Mr. Holmes, you're the one man in all England who can help me... I am in mortal fear that Sir Henry's life will be snuffed out.

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Sherlock Holmes: But without the imagination Watson, there would be no horror.

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Sherlock Holmes: Do you imagine that I can prevent the Powers of Darkness?

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Sherlock Holmes: Do you imagine that I can prevent the Powers of Darkness?

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Sherlock Holmes: I never relinquish a case!

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Sherlock Holmes: In a case such as this, everyone is suspect - even Sir Henry.

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Sherlock Holmes: In a case such as this, everyone is suspect - even Sir Henry.

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Sherlock Holmes: It is a worthy setting if the devil did decide to dabble in the affairs of men.

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Sherlock Holmes: It's an ugly, dangerous business, Watson. Believe me, I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound at Baker Street once more.

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Sherlock Holmes: My professional charges are upon a fixed scale. I do not vary them, except when I remit them altogether.

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Sherlock Holmes: My professional charges are upon a fixed scale. I do not vary them, except when I remit them altogether.

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Sherlock Holmes: Surely you didn't travel from Dartmoor to read that to me?

Dr Mortimer: I hoped you'd advise me; you're regarded as the second highest problem expert in Europe.

Sherlock Holmes: The second highest--but who's the first?

Dr Mortimer: Well I've read of a Frenchman who--who--

Sherlock Holmes: Then why not consult him.

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Sherlock Holmes: The dagger's gone! Don't you realize what that means? Sir Henry is to die tonight!

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