Quotes About Doyle

The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.

A lot of people lounge by pools in L.A., but few of them are truly immortal, no matter how hard they pretend with plastic surgery and exercise. Doyle was truly immortal and had been for over a thousand years. A thousand years of wars, assassinations, and political intrigue, and he'd been reduced to being eye candy in a thong bathing suit by the pool of the rich and famous.

I should have remembered that your livery is a spider." He gave a very small smile, which for Doyle was an outrageous amount of expression. "Normally, I would give you time to adjust to my presence, our predicament, but your wards will not hold forever. We must act if you are to be saved.

I'd threaded my way through the traffic almost automatically, the trip livened only by Doyle's soft gasps. He was not a good passenger, but since he'd never had a license, he didn't have much choice. Usually I enjoyed Doyle's little panic attacks. It was one of the few times that I saw him completely unglued. It was strangely comforting, usually.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.

Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art.

It was sent parcel post two weeks ago from Miss Felicity Worthington and addressed to Mrs. Rao, Mrs. Gemma Doyle Rao.

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, why didn't he give the famous consulting detective a few more quirks: a wooden leg, say, and an Oedipus complex? Well, Holmes didn't need many physical tics or personality disorders; the very concept of a consulting detective was still fresh and original in 1887.

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

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.

I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.

The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. He's always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight. It's six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities.

So you can put that in your pipe and smoke it Mr. Busybody Holmes.

I can understand. There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination, there is no horror.

One other thing, Lestrade," he added, turning round at the door: "'Rache,' is the German for 'revenge;' so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel." With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him.

By all means. The first three sensible words that you have uttered since you entered this room, Watson

I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

But how could you guess what the motive was?

If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland.

power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as

I am inclined to think— said I. I should do so, Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.