The Hound of the Baskervilles Quotes

James Mortimer, M.D.: Mr. Holmes, we've admired you in the past as does every Englishman. Your record as our greatest detective is known throughout the world. But this - seeing how you work - knowing that there is in England such a man as you gives us all a sense of safety and security. God bless you, Mr. Holmes!

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Sherlock Holmes: [a portrait that he has just seen fascinates him] You must - you must dine with us before you sail.

Sir Henry Baskerville: Well, there's the old boy himself - Sir Hugo, the Beast of the Baskervilles.

Dr. Watson: Done by Ransome, one of the minor painters.

Sir Henry Baskerville: I don't imagine it's very valuable.

Sherlock Holmes: I can't quite agree with you, Sir Henry.
[ominously]

Sherlock Holmes: One day, it might prove to be of the greatest value.

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Sherlock Holmes: [a portrait that he has just seen fascinates him] You must - you must dine with us before you sail.

Sir Henry Baskerville: Well, there's the old boy himself - Sir Hugo, the Beast of the Baskervilles.

Dr. Watson: Done by Ransome, one of the minor painters.

Sir Henry Baskerville: I don't imagine it's very valuable.

Sherlock Holmes: I can't quite agree with you, Sir Henry.
[ominously]

Sherlock Holmes: One day, it might prove to be of the greatest value.

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Sherlock Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson. Tarantulas are not from South Africa.

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Sherlock Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson. Tarantulas are not from South Africa.

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Sherlock Holmes: I never relinquish a case!

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Sherlock Holmes: It may be that you are not yourself luminous but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power for stimulating it.

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Sherlock Holmes: Sir Henry, keep perfectly still...
[Pointing to him]

Sherlock Holmes: if you value your life.

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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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Sherlock Holmes: The powers of Evil can take many forms. Remember that, Sir Henry, when you're at Baskerville Hall. Do as the legend tells and avoid the moor when the forces of darkness are exalted.

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Sherlock Holmes: There is more evil around us here than I have ever encountered before.

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Sherlock Holmes: This case possesses features which are entirely its own.

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Sherlock Holmes: We shall avenge his death, not mourn it.

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Sir Henry Baskerville: I thought we had a chance of getting to the bottom of this business. All we seem to have done is compound a felony.

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Sir Hugo Baskerville: Let the hounds of Hell take me if I can't track her down!

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Stapleton: What do you expect to find down here, Mr. Holmes?

Sherlock Holmes: What one expects to find under the ground. Bones, perhaps?

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Ada Holmes: I like to strike a happy Medium.

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Cabby: He said his name was Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes: What?

Cabby: Well, that's the name what he give me, sir - Sherlock Holmes!
[all laugh]

Sherlock Holmes: Well, at least whoever it is has a sense of humor!

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Cabby: He said his name was Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes: What?

Cabby: Well, that's the name what he give me, sir - Sherlock Holmes!
[all laugh]

Sherlock Holmes: Well, at least whoever it is has a sense of humor!

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

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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: It is exceedingly cold out here, Watson. Wonder whether I might come in without you shooting me?

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Sherlock Holmes: It is exceedingly cold out here, Watson. Wonder whether I might come in without you shooting me?

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Sherlock Holmes: There are still some gaps to be filled, but all in all, things are becoming a little clearer.
Dr. Watson: Not to me, I assure you; it's all a hopeless jumble. Stapleton, Franklin, the Barrymans - put it all together and what have uou got?
Sherlock Holmes: Murder, my dear Watson. Refined, cold-blooded murder.
Dr. Watson: Murder?!?
Sherlock Holmes: There's no doubt of it in my mind. Or perhaps I should say, my imagination. For that's where crimes are conceived and they're solved - in the imagination.

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Sherlock Holmes: This is, I think, a two-pipe problem.

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

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Sir Henry Baskerville: What do you call that thing where the landowner has the right to bed the local women?

Dr. John Watson: Droit de signeur. Sadly for you, the feudal system was abolished in Devonshire some time ago.

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Sir Hugo Baskerville: Let the hounds of Hell take me if I can't track her down!

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Sir Hugo Baskerville: Let loose the pack!

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