Once the idea exists, it cannot be killed.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
When you're ready to go to work, give me a call. I'm taking Mary home.
You're what?
Mary is taking me home.
Better.
He's right, you know.
So what if he's right? He's always right, it's boring.
Mycroft Holmes [reading Sherlock’s tweets]: “Back on Terra firma.”
Don’t read them out.
“Free as a bird.”
God, you’re such a spoilsport.
Will you take this matter seriously, Sherlock?
I am! What makes you think I’m not taking it seriously?
“#OhWhatABeautifulMorning”
Sherlock Holmes [about Moriarty]: He’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 – posthumous game.
Sherlock Holmes [voiceover]:There was once a merchant in the famous market at Baghdad. One day he saw a stranger looking at him in surprise and he knew that the stranger was Death. Pale and trembling, the merchant fled the marketplace and made his way many, many miles to the city of Samarra, for there he was sure Death could not find him. But when at last he came to Samarra, the merchant saw, waiting for him, the grim figure of Death. “Very well,” said the merchant. “I give in. I am yours. But tell me, why did you look surprised when you saw me this morning in Baghdad?”, “Because,” said Death, “I had an appointment with you tonight – in Samarra.”
‘The Duplicate Man – How could Dennis Parkinson be in two places at the same time? And murder one of them?’
Sherlock…
It’s never twins.
A jellyfish?
I know.
You can’t arrest a jellyfish.
You could try.
We did try.
John Watson [to Sherlock]: Godfather, we’d like you to be godfather.
God is a ludicrous fiction, dreamt up by inadequates who abnegate all responsibility to an invisible magic friend.
Yeah, but there’ll be cake. Will you do it?
I’ll get back to you.
Didn’t you get John’s text?
No. I delete his texts. I delete any text that begins “Hi.”
No idea why people think you’re incapable of human emotion.
Sherlock Holmes [to Rosamund]: As ever, Watson, you see but do not observe. To you, the world remains an impenetrable mystery, whereas, to me, it is an open book. Hard logic versus romantic whimsy – that is your choice. You fail to connect actions to their consequences. Now, for the last time, if you want to keep the rattle, do not throw the rattle.
Take all the credit. It gets boring if I just solve them all.
Yeah, you say that, but then John blogs about it, and you get all the credit anyway.
He’s got a point.
Which makes me look like some kind of prima Donna who insists on getting credit for something he didn’t do!
Well, I think you’ve hit a sore spot, Sherlock.
Like I’m some kind of credit junkie.
Definitely a sore spot.
You’re at the beck and call of a screaming, demanding baby, woken up at all hours to obey its every whim. Must feel very different…
Sorry, what?
Yes, well, you know how it is. All you do is clean up their mess, pat them on the head.
Are you two having a little joke?
Never a word of thanks. Can’t even tell people’s faces apart.
This is a joke, isn’t it?
Yeah, and it’s all, “Oh, aren’t you clever. You’re so, so clever.”
Is it about me?
I think he needs winding.
You know, I think that really might be it.
No, don’t get it.
Mary Watson [about a case] And what are you going to call this one?
Oh, the Ghost Driver.
Don’t give it a title.
People like the titles.
They hate the titles.
Give the people what they want.
No, never do that – people are stupid.
Intuitions are not to be ignored, John. They represent data processed too fast for the conscious mind to comprehend.
These quotes come from Wikiquote's Sherlock pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.