'I don't admit that a fresh illustration is an explanation,' said I with some asperity. 'Bravo, Watson A very dignified and logical remonstrance.' Dr. Watson, speaking with Sherlock Holmes.
Quotes about sherlock (16 Quotes)
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.
The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he is a criminal. But he is also a crime fighter. That makes him an extremely potent character to personify the hypocrisy of a culture that is both moralistic and corrupt.
The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, occupying old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub.
'... the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime.' 'The dog did nothing in the nighttime.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.
'Excellent' I Watson cried. 'Elementary.' said he Holmes. Watson talking to Sherlock Holmes in The Crooked Man.
It occurred to me the other day that Arthur Conan Doyle invented Sherlock Holmes, one of the great fictional embodiments of the rational deductive method - finding evidence, observation and all the rest of it. Conan Doyle himself was, however, a keen spiritualist, especially in later life, when he also fell for these ridiculous hoax photos of fairies at the bottom of the garden.
Most businesses and individuals don't need to have on their staff a Digital Sherlock Holmes but they should have plans to identify and preserve important digital evidence such as email, web transactions, PCs, PDAs and cellphones - and have a broad understanding of some of the associated legal problems such as admissibility and privacy. It is very odd that organisations have in place contingency plans for low likelihoodhigh impact events like fire and terrorism but nothing for common place high frequency events.
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes.
Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.
Mr. Sherlock Holmes,who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
This reminds me of the famous Sherlock Holmes mystery, where the dog that didn't bark was the key. It was what Greenspan didn't say more than what he did say that got the market excited. People were ready to hear a more upbeat reading on the economy than he gave.
I loved Sherlock Holmes when I was younger. So you can imagine how excited I was to discover that Conan Doyle had helped found Portsmouth football club. When I was playing there I did some research into it. Very interesting. Did you know Dickens was born in Portsmouth
But while opiates deliver temporary oblivion, they cannot quiet his restless mind or cure his black moods. That's because Sherlock is not like a normal person, ... He's a seer. He can walk into a room and touch things and actually see these sex crimes very clearly.