He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame!

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

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

I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake.- Watson

It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher.

Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.

I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.

I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.

Nobody will buy a half-cooked food!

Lula, " I said, "do you ever think about getting married?"I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?"You have to let your husband kiss you once you're married. And you have to kiss him

You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.

As we have seen so clearly demonstrated in Europe, hate breeds hate and the vicious circle revolves with all its attending madness.

When the prayer becomes the vibration of the mind and self, then we can create a miracle.

Companies prefer to put money in the pockets of shareholders or to hoard cash rather than to raise wages or invest.

Unless you are in the middle of a storm, there is no validity in saying that you are not afraid of the storms.