The Return of Sherlock Holmes Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: Mrs. Hudson, you know, you're hideously in the way!
Mrs. Hudson: I'm sorry, sir, but I only have one pair of hands!
Sherlock Holmes: Please, disappear.
Mrs. Hudson: I'm sorry, sir, but I only have one pair of hands!
Sherlock Holmes: Please, disappear.
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Sherlock Holmes: Now we must find where the shadow of the elm would have fallen when the sun is just clear of *that*.
Dr. Watson: Well, that will be difficult, Holmes, since the elm's no longer there.
Sherlock Holmes: Oh now, come, Watson. If Brunton can do it, then so can we. The answer lies in trigonometry!
Dr. Watson: Well, that will be difficult, Holmes, since the elm's no longer there.
Sherlock Holmes: Oh now, come, Watson. If Brunton can do it, then so can we. The answer lies in trigonometry!
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Sherlock Holmes: Should I bring this to a successful conclusion, it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career!
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Sherlock Holmes: The motives of women are so inscrutable. I mean, how can you build on such a quicksand? Their most trivial action may mean volumes or their most extraordinary conduct may depend upon a hairpin or a curling tong!
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Sherlock Holmes: Watson, I have made a blunder, which I am afraid is a more common occurrence than anyone would think who only knew me through your memoirs.
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[after keeping Watson up until well past four in the morning discussing the case]
Sherlock Holmes: [whispers] Watson!
[then musically]
Sherlock Holmes: Watson.
[Holmes tickles Watson's foot]
Dr. Watson: What time is it?
Sherlock Holmes: Dawn.
Dr. Watson: I've only had two hours sleep!
Sherlock Holmes: I wonder if you'd do me the very great kindness of considering the possibility of waking up?
Dr. Watson: I assume you have a good reason.
Sherlock Holmes: Are you game for a drive?
Dr. Watson: Certainly. But... Does it have to be this early?
Sherlock Holmes: I have a little theory I wish to test.
Dr. Watson: Is anyone's life at stake?
Sherlock Holmes: Certainly not.
Dr. Watson: Would it be possible to test your theory a little later this morning?
Sherlock Holmes: I'll see you downstairs in five minutes.
[Holmes leaves]
Dr. Watson: Five minutes.
[sigh]
Sherlock Holmes: [whispers] Watson!
[then musically]
Sherlock Holmes: Watson.
[Holmes tickles Watson's foot]
Dr. Watson: What time is it?
Sherlock Holmes: Dawn.
Dr. Watson: I've only had two hours sleep!
Sherlock Holmes: I wonder if you'd do me the very great kindness of considering the possibility of waking up?
Dr. Watson: I assume you have a good reason.
Sherlock Holmes: Are you game for a drive?
Dr. Watson: Certainly. But... Does it have to be this early?
Sherlock Holmes: I have a little theory I wish to test.
Dr. Watson: Is anyone's life at stake?
Sherlock Holmes: Certainly not.
Dr. Watson: Would it be possible to test your theory a little later this morning?
Sherlock Holmes: I'll see you downstairs in five minutes.
[Holmes leaves]
Dr. Watson: Five minutes.
[sigh]
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[first lines]
Dr Watson: Almost there.
Sherlock Holmes: What does a Harley Street specialist know about my health?
Dr Watson: Listen, Holmes, Dr Moore Agar insists you have a complete rest if you wish to avoid an absolute breakdown. The sea air will do you the world of good.
Dr Watson: Almost there.
Sherlock Holmes: What does a Harley Street specialist know about my health?
Dr Watson: Listen, Holmes, Dr Moore Agar insists you have a complete rest if you wish to avoid an absolute breakdown. The sea air will do you the world of good.
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Dr. John Watson: [voiceover] In 1891 at the Reichenbach Falls near Meiringen in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes finally closed his account with Professor Moriarty, the most dangerous criminal of his generation. The two men were alone in that dreadful place, but the outcome of their struggle was obvious to a trained observer. Holmes had achieved the destruction of his arch-enemy only at the cost of his own life.
Dr. John Watson: [voiceover] In 1891 at the Reichenbach Falls near Meiringen in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes finally closed his account with Professor Moriarty, the most dangerous criminal of his generation. The two men were alone in that dreadful place, but the outcome of their struggle was obvious to a trained observer. Holmes had achieved the destruction of his arch-enemy only at the cost of his own life.
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Mrs. Hudson: There's a gentleman downstairs...
Dr. Watson: Sh. Ask him to wait a moment, Mrs Hudson.
Mrs. Hudson: He's most insistent.
Mrs. Hudson: There's a gentleman downstairs...
Dr. Watson: Sh. Ask him to wait a moment, Mrs Hudson.
Mrs. Hudson: He's most insistent.
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[last lines]
Dr Watson: Not for the first time, Holmes, you've presumed to take the law into your own hands.
Sherlock Holmes: I have never loved. But if I did, and if the woman I had loved had met with such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done. Wouldn't you?
Dr Watson: Yes, I suppose so. But that's not the point.
Sherlock Holmes: The point is: why should I do the work of the official police? And as you're very fond of telling me... I'm on holiday!
Dr Watson: Not for the first time, Holmes, you've presumed to take the law into your own hands.
Sherlock Holmes: I have never loved. But if I did, and if the woman I had loved had met with such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done. Wouldn't you?
Dr Watson: Yes, I suppose so. But that's not the point.
Sherlock Holmes: The point is: why should I do the work of the official police? And as you're very fond of telling me... I'm on holiday!
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[last lines]
Dr. Watson: Was it chance the wood slipped? Was she only guilty of silence? She had a passionate Celtic soul; the man had wronged her; she had him in her power. Might it not have been vengeance that sent the stone crashing? Her hand that dashed it away. And what has become of her?
Sherlock Holmes: Very probably she's far away from Hurlstone now and carries her secret with her.
Dr. Watson: Was it chance the wood slipped? Was she only guilty of silence? She had a passionate Celtic soul; the man had wronged her; she had him in her power. Might it not have been vengeance that sent the stone crashing? Her hand that dashed it away. And what has become of her?
Sherlock Holmes: Very probably she's far away from Hurlstone now and carries her secret with her.
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[When asked about Lestrade's theory about the six Napoleons]
Sherlock Holmes: I'm sure that they have the greatest interest, but I regret to say I've not listened to a word of them.
Sherlock Holmes: I'm sure that they have the greatest interest, but I regret to say I've not listened to a word of them.
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Dr. John Watson: Surely the house interests you!
Sherlock Holmes: The house is freezing, Watson!
Dr. John Watson: It's history.
Sherlock Holmes: The house is freezing, Watson!
Dr. John Watson: It's history.
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Dr. John Watson: You were quite the heroine of the occasion, Mrs. Hudson.
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Dr. Watson: Anything remarkable on hand, Lestrade?
Inspector Lestrade: No. Nothing in particular.
[very long pause]
Sherlock Holmes: Then tell us about it.
Inspector Lestrade: No. Nothing in particular.
[very long pause]
Sherlock Holmes: Then tell us about it.
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Lord Bellinger: Come! There's more in this than meets the eye!
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, Prime Minister, we too have our diplomatic secrets.
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, Prime Minister, we too have our diplomatic secrets.
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Sherlock Holmes: [as a prelude to his explanation on how he solved the case] Observe... and learn!
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Sherlock Holmes: [In a depressive stone as he stares at an old grave marker overlooking the sea] Weather-pitted slabs of granite, ancient tombs scattered throughout the length and breadth of this peninsula.
Dr. John Watson: Like the sea, I suppose, death is always with us.
Sherlock Holmes: [Holmes stares intently at Watson before answering] Quite so.
Dr. John Watson: Like the sea, I suppose, death is always with us.
Sherlock Holmes: [Holmes stares intently at Watson before answering] Quite so.
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Sherlock Holmes: [in disguise] Just the books to fill up your bookcase. It looks untidy, does it not?
[Watson gets up to look, turns back to see Holmes has stripped off his disguise]
Sherlock Holmes: Watson, do you mind if I smoke a cigarette in your consulting room?
[Watson gets up to look, turns back to see Holmes has stripped off his disguise]
Sherlock Holmes: Watson, do you mind if I smoke a cigarette in your consulting room?
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Sherlock Holmes: [Reading a letter] It's from my brother Mycroft. He writes like a drunken crab.
[to Watson]
Sherlock Holmes: You'd better read it. Doctors are more used to hieroglyphics than normal human beings.
[to Watson]
Sherlock Holmes: You'd better read it. Doctors are more used to hieroglyphics than normal human beings.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Spaniard would write to a Spaniard in Spanish, Watson.
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Sherlock Holmes: How many times have you not tethered a young kid under a tree, laid above it with your rifle and waited for your bait to bring out your tiger? This empty house is *my* tree and you are my tiger!
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Sherlock Holmes: I remember on my last visit he spent several hours explaining to me in French
[starts laughing]
Sherlock Holmes: the origins of the piccolo!
[starts laughing]
Sherlock Holmes: the origins of the piccolo!
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Sherlock Holmes: It's better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
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Sherlock Holmes: It's no joke when a tall man has to take a foot off his stature for several hours on end.
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Sherlock Holmes: My dear fellow, we have a hard and dangerous night's work ahead of us.
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