Joan: How do you do it?
Holmes: Do what?
Joan:' Guess things.
Holmes: I don't "guess", I observe. And once I observe, I deduce.
Holmes: Do what?
Joan:' Guess things.
Holmes: I don't "guess", I observe. And once I observe, I deduce.
—"Pilot"
"Couching it as a scientific observation totally negates the misogyny."
— Joan Watson to Sherlock about his "menstrual jokes".
"I'm gonna do you the favor of believing you're just an idiot."
— Joan Watson
"The human face, Watson, is like the penis. Or so said the great personality theorist Silvan Tomkins. The point being: the face, like the male member, has a mind of its own; it betrays us on an almost daily basis; advertises our secrets to those who know what to look for."
— Sherlock Holmes
"Opinions are like ani, Watson. Everyone has one."
— Sherlock Holmes
"As if men had a monopoly on murder."
— Jamie Moriarty
"You know, decorum forbids me from showing my emotions during an interview such as this one, but I assure you, on the inside, I am doubled over with laughter."
— Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock: [Another AA attendee thinks] that the things I have said can be applied to others' quest for sobriety. I support the premise, but not the practice.
Kitty: You are very quotable, you know.
Sherlock: "The facility for quotation covers an absence of original thought."note
Kitty: You just did it again.
Kitty: You are very quotable, you know.
Sherlock: "The facility for quotation covers an absence of original thought."note
Kitty: You just did it again.
— "End of Watch"
