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Favorite Sherlock Holmes Quotes

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One of the regular things we share include quotes from the Canon. We certainly have our own favorites, but as you can imagine, everyone has his or her preferences as well. We love hearing from our fans - on Facebook or below in the comments section - so <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BakerStreetBlog/posts/10150110898262713">we recently asked our fans on Facebook</a> a relatively innocuous question (well, for Facebook, anyway):<br />
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Here are some of the responses we received:<br />
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"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Three Gables"</div>
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"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."<br />
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- "A Case of Identity"</div>
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."<br />
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- "A Scandal in Bohemia"</div>
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."<br />
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- <i>The Sign of Four</i></div>
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"You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!"<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"</div>
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"Is there any other little service that I can do you, my friend?"<br />
"A match and a cigarette."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"</div>
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"The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"</div>
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Some of our favorites include:<br />
"For once you have fallen low. Let us see in the future how high you can rise."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Three Students"</div>
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"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Red Circle"</div>
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"When one tries to rise above Nature, one is liable to fall below it."<br />
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- "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"</div>
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If you'd like to see what some of the most popular quotes are, as ranked by Randall Stock, check out <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/top-10-sherlock-quotes.htm">The 10 Most Famous Sherlock Holmes Quotes</a>, which includes an explanation of the ranking criteria as well as the complete context around each quote.<br />
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Favorite Sherlock Holmes Quotes

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Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press — February 2011

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We're pleased to bring you the latest issue of <i>Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</i>, Peter Blau's ("Black Peter") monthly newsletter of Sherlockian or Doylean gossip, published in print form since 1971 and as a <a href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">text-only digital archive on Sherlocktron</a> since 1985. In agreement with Peter Blau, we've arranged to publish facsimiles of the print newsletter here, so online readers can see what the newsletter looks like. Below the scan you can find links to the sites mentioned in the text - in most cases, directly to the article, video or publication, to save you from having to search for the terms.<br />
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<b>Links</b> (in order of mention):

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<li><a href="http://www.thesherlockian.com/"><i>The Sherlockian</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.audible.com/search/ref=sr_nb_1_1_1?searchNarrator=Flo%20Gibson&qid=1298939756&sr=1-1">Flo Gibson recordings on Audible.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bfronline.biz/">Bertram Fletcher Robinson Online</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG1vBxRp1zo">Richard Dornbush skating to Hans Zimmer's "Sherlock Holmes"</a> (<i>Note: this video <u>might</u> not be available because of copyright claim by U.S. Figure Skating</i>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.parenfaire.com/">"Murder at Mount Hope Mansion"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.police.uk/overview/?q=Baker%20Street,%20Paddington,%20Greater%20London%20NW1,%20UK">UK Crime Hotspots - Baker Street</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lybrary.com/sherlock-p-94740.html">SHERLOCK at Lybrary.com</a></li>
<li>Sherlock Holmes Roombox - <a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1207390607058424832RrHRdd">Photo 1</a> and <a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1207390801058424832AHTIrk">Photo 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle-Murdered/dp/B0043CT9BW?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes (DVD)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0043CT9BW" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.centralalbertatheatre.ca/">"The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes" - Central Alberta Theatre</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/e_times11-2.htm">The Sherlockian E-Times</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theatre3dallas.com/">"The Crucifer of Blood" - Theater Three, Dallas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.thehumanmarvels.com/?p=138">Discussion of Eugen Sandow</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/sandowindex.htm">The Great Eugen Sandow</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.michael-procter.com/holmes">Database of Sherlockian pastiches</a></li>
<li><a href="http://umedia.lib.umn.edu/assets/Sherlock%2520Holmes?keys=Sherlock%20Holmes&sc=keyword">University of Minnesota's UMedia Archive of Sherlock Holmes Collection</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Computer-t.html?scp=1&sq=%22the%20name%20of%20this%20hat%20is%20elementary%22%20watson&st=cse">"What is I.B.M.'s Watson?" - <i>New York Times</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://kieranmcmullen.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/weapons-of-maiwand/">"The Weapons in Maiwand" - Kieran McMullen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://auction-team.de/new_highlights/2011_03/ph/031.html">Bloch Sherlock Holmes camera - Auction Team Breker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://traderspress.com/detail.php?PKey=859"><i>Trading in the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes: Balancing Probabilities for Successful Investing</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/ebooks.html"><i>The Baker Street Journal</i> & BSI Publications Indexes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/ebooks.html">"Portlandia" Hide & Seek segment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/15/44488963.html">"From Sherlock Holmes' London to Erast Fandorin's Moscow"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.liart.ru/site/index.php?id=1330">"Two Great Cities - Two Famous Detectives" (exhibit)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.byook.com/">Byook</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oakknoll.com/detail.php?d_booknr=105527&d_currency="><i>Other People's Books: Association Copies and the Stories They Tell</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://caxtonclub.org/events.html#symposium">Caxton Club & Newberry Library Symposium (Chicago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.stephengaspar.blogspot.com">"Cold Hearted Murder" by Stephen Gaspar</a> & <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydPh44KG1I">promo video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Classic-DC-Figurine-69-Detective-Chimp-and-Magazine-/350436804879?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5197a9490f#ht_1848wt_881">Detective Chimp (eBay)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/p/holmes-on-facebook.html">Sherlock Holmes Entities on Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/">Edward R. Hamilton</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.laurierking.com/">Laurie R. King - including A Mary Russell Companion (e-book)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/leeann1948">Miniature versions of the Canon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/3194486">Sherlockian miniatures</a></li>
<li><a href="http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4271"><i>The Edge of the Unknown</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ronaldknoxsociety.com/">Ronald Knox Society of North America</a></li>
<li>IDW Publishing - Sherlock Holmes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Vol-Graphic-Classics/dp/1600105521?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Vol. 1</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1600105521" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/1600106595?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Vol. 2</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1600106595" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> & <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-3-Graphic-Novel/dp/1600107834?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Vol. 3</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1600107834" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.drwatsonsblog.com/">The Blog of Dr. Watson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.grandtheatre.com/">"Sherlock Holmes: Final Adventure" - Grand Theatre, London, ON</a></li>
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Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press — February 2011

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Batman Wasn't the Original Caped Crusader

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Sherlock Holmes was <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4171526019/" target="_blank">the original Caped Crusader</a>. Even Detective Comics have acknowledged that Sherlock Holmes was one of the inspirations behind one of its most famous characters.<br />
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If you haven't seen connections between Batman and Sherlock Holmes, let us bring you up to speed a bit. The image at right is from the 50th anniversary issue of Detective Comics, in which <a href="http://crossover.bureau42.com/zbatmanholmes.html" target="_blank">Holmes himself makes an appearance</a>. But beyond that, let's explore a bit of the similarities that we're aware of: each is granted superior intellectual powers, which are the basis behind their greatness; they have a knowledge of Asian hand-to-hand combat techniques; each started alone, yet gained an assistant over time; Batman has Alfred, his butler while Holmes has Mrs. Hudson, his landlady. We're sure there are more, but you get the idea.<br />
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<b>"Fantastic outrage" [SIXN]</b></h3>
The point of this post is to bring your attention to a poll that is running on Comicbookmovie.com called <a href="http://www.comicbookmovie.com/action/news/?a=30960" target="_blank"><b>BATMAN vs. SHERLOCK HOLMES: Battle Poll</b></a>. They pose the following:<br />
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Battle of the greatest detectives, who wins in this battle of wits and wiles? Is it elementary? Who solves this puzzle?</blockquote>
Currently, Holmes is losing this battle - which seems a little odd, given that he's a progenitor of the Dark Knight. We need your help: circulate this to your Sherlockian network and let's vote Sherlock Holmes as the superior power. Can you do it?<br />
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And to reward yourself for a job well done, you might want to view <i>Batman Brave and the Bold - Trials of the Demon</i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfvk0c2sFU">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVBFhPsCWLs&feature=related">Part 2</a>, in which Holmes makes a guest appearance.<br />
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Batman Wasn't the Original Caped Crusader

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Dining Out with the Detective

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"from the dummy's chair" [MAZA] </h4>
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[<i><b>Editor's note</b>: "From the Dummy's Chair" is a regular column on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, written by Steven Doyle, BSI ("The 'Western Morning News'"), who is the author of the Edgar-nominated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b>Sherlock Holmes for Dummies</b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Because of the limitations in the print world, he wasn't able to completely fit everything he wanted into the book. This column serves as a real-time continuation of that labor of love. Steve is also half the team behind <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>.</i>]<br />
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dining Out with the Detective</b></span></h3>
Few trifles in the Sherlockian canon escape examination and investigation. Every story is sifted for insight into the character and personality of the master Detective — even his taste in restaurants. It is generally believed that favorite restaurant is <a href="http://www.simpsonsinthestrand.co.uk/">Simpson's-in-the-Strand</a>, one of London's oldest and best-known traditional English restaurants.<br />
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Located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand,_London">the Strand</a>, an historic street in London, Simpson's began as a smoking room and coffee house, but eventually became famous for its traditional English food, especially its roast beef. Holmes wasn't the only famous personality to enjoyed a meal at Simpson's. The restaurant was frequented by many historic characters, including Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli and William Ewart Gladstone.<br />
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For years I have imagined the Great Detective and the Good Doctor retiring to Simpson's upon the conclusion of yet another successful case, but the restaurant was actually only mentioned in two stories; "The Dying Detective" and "The Illustrious Client." What are the implications of this? Should Simpson's-in-the-Strand still be considered Holmes's favorite restaurant by virtue of it being mentioned twice? Or are a mere two mentions not enough to earn that distinction? After all, I know that sometimes it takes two visits to determine that a restaurant's quality...one to have a bad meal, and a second to have another bad meal. In this case two visits wouldn't make such a place my favorite.<br />
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Consider that both of Holmes's visits to Simpson's followed cases in which Holmes was physically incapacitated. In "The Dying Detective" he craved Simpson’s following a three day fast. In "The Illustrious Client" he had nearly had his brains beaten in and had just finished a period of recuperation and bed-rest. The evidence seems to indicate that Holmes perceived Simpson’s not as a place to go with Watson to discuss the loose ends of a case over a casual celebratory dinner, but rather as the destination for a much-needed restorative meal.<br />
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Despite our romantic sentiments about Simpson's being his favorite restaurant, this must be true. Holmes, whose body was a mere appendix to his brain, who at times could not spare energy for digestion lest it detract from his mental processes, didn't commonly dine for the mere pleasure of the experience. What the implications of this revelation are for the quality of Mrs. Hudson's cooking, which was passed over even after a three day fast, I will leave to someone else!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34842043@N02/3515327795/">Josh Friedman Luxury Travel (Flickr)</a></i></span><br />
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