20 of the Best Sherlock Quotes From the BBC Show

"Dear God, what is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring!"

IRENE ADLER: "Why are you always so suspicious?"
SHERLOCK: "Should I answer chronologically or alphabetically?"

"Oh, hell! What does that matter? So we go round the Sun! If we went round the Moon, or round and round the garden like a teddy bear, it wouldn’t make any difference."

"Get out. I need to go to my mind palace."

"What's the point of being clever if you can't prove it?"

SHERLOCK: "Quiet. Calm. Peaceful. Isn't it hateful."
MRS. HUDSON: "Oh, I'm sure something will turn up. A nice murder. That'll cheer you up."

"To a great mind, nothing is little."

"Oh, I may be on the side of the angels, but don't think for one second that I am one of them."

SHERLOCK: "Dominatrix..."
MYCROFT: "Don't be alarmed. It is to do with sex."
SHERLOCK: "Sex doesn't alarm me."
MYCROFT: "How would you know?"

"I hope you'll be very happy Molly Hooper. You deserve it. After all, not all men you fall for can turn out to be sociopaths."

MYCROFT: "We are in Buckingham Palace, the very heart of the British nation. Sherlock Holmes, put your trousers on!"
SHERLOCK: "What for?"

"...Murder. Sorry, did I say murder? I meant to say marriage. But, you know, they're quite similar procedures when you think about it. The participants tend to know each other and it's over when one of them's dead."

"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

WATSON: "There's a severed head in the fridge"
SHERLOCK: "Just tea for me thanks"

"I don't have friends, I've just got one."

"I will solve your murder but it takes John Watson to save your life."

"Everybody dies. It’s the one thing human beings can be relied upon to do."

"I'm in shock. Look, I've got a blanket!"

"Is it nice not being me? It must be so relaxing."

"Sentiment is a chemical defect found on the losing side."