Sherlock – Series Quotes [Season 1, Episode 2]

You want to hide a tree, then the forest is the best place to do it.

— I need to get some air. We're going out tonight.
— Actually I've got a date.
— What?
— It's where two people who like each other go out and have fun.
— That's what I was suggesting.
— No it wasn't. At least I hope not.

— You had a row with a machine?
— Sort of. It sat there and I shouted abuse.

I don't eat when I'm working. Digesting slows me down.

— Anything else I can do? To assist you, I mean.
— Some silence right now would be marvellous.

— Your friend...
— Listen, whatever you say, I'm behind you 100 per cent.
— ...he's an arrogant sod.
— Well, that was mild. People say a lot worse than that.

Some things aren't supposed to sit behind glass, they're made to be touched.

Sometimes you have to look hard at something to see its value.

— He said he bought it in a street market.
— Oh, I don't think that's true. I think he pinched it.
— Yeah, that's Eddie.
— Didn't know its value, just thought it would suit you.
— Oh? What's it worth?
— Nine million pounds.

— So you're doing well, you've been abroad a lot. Flying all the way around the world twice in a month.
— Go on, enlighten me. Two trips a month, flying all the way around the world, you're quite right. How could you tell? Are you going to tell me there's a stain on my tie from some special kind of ketchup you can only buy in Manhattan? Is it the mud on my shoes?
— I was just chatting with your secretary outside. She told me.

— We're obviously looking at a suicide.
— It does seem the only explanation of all of the facts.
— Wrong, it's one possible explanation of some of the facts. You've got a solution that you like, but you are choosing to ignore anything yo see that doesn't comply with it.

Gratitude is meaningless. It is only the expectation of further favours.

Oh, I'm Sherlock Holmes and I always work alone because no-one else can compete with my massive intellect!