Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.

I think my reputation will look after itself, " Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.

It was quite elementary, ' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.

You look at me as if I were a conjuror, ' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.

We could all use the power of prayer now and then, but it seems to me that the people who are sure they have a direct line to heaven are most often calling collect with bad news.

Every morning I read the obituaries. If it ain't there I make myself a cup of tea and carry on like I have the past century or so.

As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, these three, are in a class by themselves among the great mathematicians, and it is not for ordinary mortals to attempt to range them in order of merit.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it.

Loving and trusting an another person is a reckless thing. Even insane.

The Age of Adaline was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.

When a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening.