Joan: That's the sex blanket.
Sherlock: I've asked you not to call it that.

I'm not easily surprised but I do confess that I wasn't expecting this.

Sherlock

This woman wasn't just murdered. She was rapidly turning into a mummy.

Sherlock

We're not here about the R22 or the improper storage of nutters.

Sherlock

Maybe because Wyatt Earp got back into his time machine and disappeared.

Watson

Watson: I thought a spoonful of sugar might help.
Holmes: I always found a crowbar works better.

I'm telling you right now that you did not kill that woman.

Watson

I think this is the Olympics of self-pity.

Watson

It's a form of torture, having to swim through my old life.

Sherlock

Sherlock: You don't know him. You never met him.
Watson: So now you're Dr. Jekyll and he's Mr. Hyde?

Let's adhere to our sunniest theory, shall we? My note to Maria Gutierrez was not an invitation to murder, but an agreement to lend my help as a detective. What if she knew she was in danger? What if I missed something my sober self would have observed in an instant that might have saved her life? Would you still consider my hands blood-free?

Sherlock

The unfortunate truth is, however improbable certain things may be in respect to this crime, nothing is impossible.

Sherlock

Elementary Quotes

Holmes: Why do you suppose you hate your job so much?
Watson: I don't hate my job.
Holmes: You have two alarm clocks. No one with two alarm clocks loves their job. Two alarm clocks mean it's a chore for you to get up in the morning.

Watson: How do you do it, guess things?
Sherlock: I observe and then I deduce.
Watson: How did you know I was a doctor, you said you could tell from my hands.
Sherlock: Hand, singular. It was soft no calluses.
Watson: How did you know my father had an affair?
Sherlock: Google. Not everything is deducible.