I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

So you write to our congressmenWith bleeding pensOf the sorrow withinAnd in return they just sendTickets to the latest Tom Hanks show

It is important to me to keep trying to push myself to try lots of new musical styles and approaches. To keep growing. It is my version of jumping out of planes.

Let’s just agree any group of 3 or more handsome British men should be referred to as a 'cumberbatch.'

Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe.

We are really on track for a soft landing. There are no balloons popping.

Once an actress always an actress.

I would prefer every [American] state keep the definition of marriage that's prevailed in Western civilization for a couple thousand years.

When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

I do feel it. And I've felt it my whole life, that the supernatural has a role in the world.