A Study in Pink

• "Dear God. What is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring."
• "You know, I've got a phone. I mean, very clever and all that... but, uh, you could just phone me. On my phone."
• "Anderson, don't talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the entire street."
• "Oh, what now? I'm in shock! Look, I've got a blanket!"
• "Good evening, Mycroft. Try not to start a war before I get home, you know what it does for the traffic."

The Blind Banker

• "I'm Sherlock Holmes and I always work alone, because no one else can compete with my massive intellect!"
• "I need you to maximise your visual memory. Try to picture what you saw. Can you picture it?"

The Great Game

• "So we go around the sun! If we went around the moon or round and round the garden like a teddy bear, it wouldn't make any difference!"
• " Is that a British Army Browning L9A1 in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" "Both."
• "I'll burn you. I will burn... the heart out of you."

A Scandal in Belgravia

• "There is a mute button and I will use it."
• "We are in Buckingham Palace, the very heart of the British nation. Sherlock Holmes, put your trousers on."
• " I always hear “punch me in the face” when you’re speaking, but it’s usually subtext."
• "Look at those cheekbones. I could cut myself slapping that face. Would you like me to try?"
• "Brainy is the new sexy."
• "Do you ever wonder if there's something wrong with us?"
• "All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage, Sherlock."
• "Who the hell knows about Sherlock Holmes, but... for the record, if anyone out there still cares — I'm not actually gay."
• "... I've never begged for mercy in my life."
• "But initially, he wanted to be a pirate."

Hounds of Baskerville

• "Well, that was tedious."
• "Your mind; so placid, straight-forward, barely used. Mine's like an engine, racing out of control; a rocket tearing itself to pieces on the launchpad I NEED A CASE!"
• "Phone Lestrade, tell him there's an escaped rabbit."
• "I've always been able to keep myself distant. Divorce myself from feelings. But you see, body's betraying me. Interesting yes. Emotions. Grit on the lens, the fly in the ointment."
• "All right, Spock, just take it easy."
• "Listen, what I said before John, I meant it. I don't have friends; I've just got one."

The Reichenbach Fall

• "Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain."
• " Hello. Are you ready for the story? This is the story of Sir Boast-a-lot. Sir Boast-a-lot was the bravest and cleverest knight at the round table, but soon the other knights began to grow tired of his stories about how brave he was and how many dragons he'd slayed, and some of them began to wonder, "Are Sir Boast-a-lot's stories even true?" Oh no. So, one of the knights went to King Arthur and said, "I don't believe Sir Boast-a-lot's stories. He's just a big, old liar who makes things up to make himself look good." And then, even the king began to wonder, but that wasn't the end of Sir Boast-a-lot's problem. No. That wasn't the final problem. The end."
• "If I wasn't everything you think I am, everything that I think I am... would you still want to help me?"
• "Oh, I may be on the side of the angels...but don't think for one second that I am one of them."
• "But don't be scared. Falling is just like flying, just with a more... permanent destination."
• "You... you told me once... that you weren't a hero. Umm… There were times when I didn't even think you were human, but let me tell you this. You were the best man, the most human ... human being that I've ever known and no one will ever convince me that you told me a lie, and so ... there. I was so alone ... and I owe you so much. But please, there's just one more thing, one more thing, one more miracle, Sherlock, for me, don't be ... dead. Would you do that just for me? Just stop it. Stop this..."

The Empty Hearse

• "Does yours rub off too?"
• "I don't shave for Sherlock Holmes."
• "I like my doctors clean shaven."