What is Sherlock Holmes' favorite quote?

Answer 1

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Many people think this "Elementary, My Dear Watson", but he never said this in any of the books.

Another Answer:I sort of liked, "Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."

Another Answer:

"You see but you do not observe"

Yet again:

"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he. {from 'The Crooked Man'}

Answer 2

Sherlock Holmes doesn't really have a "catchphrase" in the strictest sense of the word. However, there are things he does tend to say more than once. For example, his philosophy on which he bases his investigations is "when you have eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

In "The Sign of the Four", Holmes says to Watson "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?" This implies that he says it often enough, in whatever way he chose to express it at the time, that Watson should know it by now.

It appears in "The Beryl Coronet" as "It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

In "The Bruce-Partington Plans" it's "We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" - "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

This is one of the only quotes he makes which even comes close to being a catchphrase.

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Above is an EXCELLENT answer. While some have attributed the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson." to Holmes, that expression was NEVER used in any of the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle- but arose from movies, with scripts written by other persons.

Answer 3

Either "Elementary!" or "Elementary, my dear Watson!"

The two most common sayings recorded by Watson in various forms are:

"You know my methods, Watson."

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Of course, other catchphrases might include:

"Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."

"Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department."

Or perhaps, "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"Elementary, my dear Watson!"

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Though he never said it in the books.

Answer 4

It is NOT "Elementary, my dear Watson." Holmes never says this directly in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's written works, although some of the Sherlock Holmes movies do have this line or something similar. Please see the link below.

Answer 5

He never said "Elementary my dear Watson" though it is often attributed to him.