Cumberbatch Sherlock Quotes & Sayings

If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him' - which is how I feel. There are bad attributes of his that I really don't share! — Benedict Cumberbatch

Or we can settle in and watch every single episode of Sherlock." "Now you're talking." Benedict Cumberbatch is my homeboy. — Autumn Doughton

I'll always do 'Sherlock' - it's something I'm not going to give up on. — Benedict Cumberbatch

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician. — Victor Pinchuk

I was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun to film, which makes it so rewarding when something you enjoy is so well received. — Benedict Cumberbatch

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar. — Samuel Griswold Goodrich

'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me. — Benedict Cumberbatch

Smartass Disciple: Master, you keep preaching the truth. They don't listen.
Master of Stupidity: Oh that's not bad. That attitude keeps us in the business. — Toba Beta

Benedict (Cumberbatch, who is playing Sherlock) looks amazing. He's still got a Sherlockian silhouette, with a large overcoat, but in a classic cut. Watson dresses with an urban elegance, a touch of old school dashing, giving a feeling of both the military and medical profession. I suppose it's something they have in common as well. They're a bit metrosexual. — Martin Freeman

Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock's posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels. — Benedict Cumberbatch

She could have just told him about the magic phone. Full disclosure. Then they could have solved it together. They could have Sherlocked and Watsoned from both ends of the timeline — Rainbow Rowell

Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them. — Victor Pinchuk

The missing crowds make you lonely. You begin to complain about all the people you could be meeting. But no one listens or sympathizes with you, because this is precisely what you chose when you were alive. — David Eagleman

There's a lot of Sherlock love in here. In many ways, this book might as well be called 'Deduce THIS, Sexlock Holmes!' with a picture of me licking his meerschaum, cross-eyed and screaming. — Caitlin Moran

God never crushes a man's will into surrender, He never beseeches him, He waits until the man yields up his will to Him. — Oswald Chambers

I'm really not Sherlock Holmes. I look a little bit like him and sound like him. — Benedict Cumberbatch

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation. — Benedict Cumberbatch

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true. — Kevin Hart

One's 'thing'
(1) A point of personal interest; a hobby, sport, or avocation that succinctly defines a person. (2) A brief coupling of words used to evoke someone's personality in a small-talk setting: Billy's thing used to be soccer; now it's masterbation. (3) A laconic summation of one's character and interests used for the purpose of categorization and judgement. See also 'What do you do? — Joshua Braff

Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming. But I started to enjoy 'Money' very quickly, and then I relaxed. — Martin Amis

Their monstrous forms represent the perverse defiance of normal categories and the confusion of identity associated with social and cosmic disorder. — Karen Armstrong

[on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics. — Benedict Cumberbatch

If you have not discovered something you are willing to die for, then you are not fit to live. — Martin Luther King Jr.