Sherlock Holmes quotes

View Quote [First lines; surveying a ruffian guard; voiceover] Head ****ed to the left. Partial deafness in ear. [Holmes slaps the guard in the left ear] First point of attack. Two: throat; paralyse vocal chords, stop scream. [Grabs the guard by the neck, stifling his vocal cords and silencing his scream] Three: got to be heavy drinker. Floating rib to the liver. [The guard gets punched in the gut] Four: finally, drag in left leg, fist to patella. [Punches and drags the left leg] Summary prognosis: conscious in ninety seconds, partial efficacy: quarter of an hour at best. Full faculty recovery: unlikely. [Back in real time, Holmes uses his coat to conceal himself in the shadows, and as the guard strolls past him, Holmes leaps out, does all of the above in a matter of seconds, and steals the guard's bowler hat and lantern, before taking off down the stairs.]

View Quote Always nice to see you, Watson.

View Quote My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work. The sooner the better.

View Quote [To Mrs. Hudson] Don't touch, everything is in its proper place, as per usual … [sneers] Nanny.

View Quote [To Watson, about him incorrectly pronouncing Blackwood dead] This is a matter of professional integrity. No girl wants to marry a doctor who can't even tell if a man's dead or not.

View Quote The game is afoot. [In unison with Watson] Follow your spirit and upon this charge – Cry, God for Harry, England and Saint George!

View Quote [To Irene] I was simply studying your methods … should the authorities ask me to hunt you down.

View Quote Ah … putrefaction.

View Quote [As he and Watson are confronted by Dredger and two smaller thugs, Dredger asks him if he has any problem] Meat … or potatoes?

View Quote Watson, what have you done?

View Quote [Wakes up naked with Adler having cuffed him spread-eagle to the bed with a pillow over his crotch. A maid comes in, sees him and shrieks] Madam, I need you to remain calm. And trust me, I'm a professional. Beneath this pillow lies the key to my release. [The maid runs out in disgust]

View Quote [To Blackwood] What a busy afterlife you're having.

View Quote My journey took me somewhat further down the rabbit-hole than I'd intended and, though I dirtied my fluffy white tail, I've emerged … enlightened.

View Quote [To Blackwood] The devil's due a soul, I'd say.

View Quote [At the end of the movie, when Holmes deciphers the true motive of the crime] There's nothing more elusive than an obvious fact.

View Quote [Final line] Case reopened.