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.

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

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.

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!

Love in your mind produces love in your life. This is the meaning of Heaven. Fear in your mind produces fear in your life. This is the meaning of hell.

Feed the truth. Starve the lie.

Mostly I try to be the best example of me that I can be.

My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.

Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been seen by peasants and its importance would have been diminished.

As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.

Sitting in an English Garden waiting for the sun If the sun don't come You get a tan from standing in the English rain.

A lifetime is so little a time that we die before we get ready to live. I should like to study at a college, but then I have to say to myself: "You will die before you can do anything else".

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.