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What did Sherlock Holmes say when on a case?

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In the Basil Rathbone movies, he said: "Elementary, my dear Watson."

He said many things in the books. He tended to mutter to himself while searching a crime scene.

He usually twitted Watson that "You see but you do not observe". He complained that he must have information to work on "Data! Data! Data! I can't build bricks without clay." he once said. His pride was that he based his deductions on observational clues.

One of his fans' favourite quotes is "Come, Watson! Come! The game is afoot." which is a hunter's phrase meaning "the quarry is stirring from its den" and a paraphrase of Shakespeare. He said it only once; but it's often quoted.

He almost always complained that the police did not keep the crime scene intact. Always stamping about with their muddy boots. When a police officer had done something right according to Holmes' standards, Holmes is invariably surprised.

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