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Watson: "You may be right."

Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction.


Arthur Conan Doyle

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[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.]
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'Yes, Holmes?
'I believe the wheel has turned yet again–and now it's back...
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It was worth a wound -- it...
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RAFAEL YGLESIAS Well, Watson, what do you make of it?'

Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I'm afraid that the following syllogism may be used by some in the future.

Turing believe...
ALAN TURING What did you say, Arthur?"
"I said, how the hell did you get here?"
"I was a row of dots f...
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BRITTANY CAVALLARO The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us
from the support of a ca...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Gregory: "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
Holmes: "To th...
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE you may be wrong to be right in the wrong direction, but, what is the wrong direction?
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH ...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--"
"Indeed, sir! May ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it?
Ford: We're safe.
Arthur...
DOUGLAS ADAMS what would you call this haircut?"
arthur.
GEORGE HARRISON It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.
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But when we're far apart
Remember you will be with me
R...
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DOUGLAS ADAMS

May you find serenity and tranquility
in a worl...
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"Yes, he did."
"When did he say ...
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'To the curious incide...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining light as to the tendencies of a child b...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you.

[First intelligible words spoken over ...
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL You have been in Afghanistan I perceive.
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BRITTANY CAVALLARO The two of us, we're the best kind of disaster. Apples and oranges. Well, more like apples and mache...
BRITTANY CAVALLARO It would be superfluous to
drive us mad, my dear Watson
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE In the midst of happiness or despair
in sorrow or in joy
in pleasure or in pain:
Do w...
JESS ROTHENBERG YOU ARE JUST

You are not just for the right or left,
but for what is right over the ...
SUZY KASSEM to be right in the wrong direction may be wrong; what then is the wrong direction?
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH May today there be peace within.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are me...
TERESA OF ÁVILA The Blessing #1:

May your eyes be profitable,
may your ears be dutiful,
may you...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO THE CURSE

May they never
Return home at night...

May you have no part of ...
VISAR ZHITI You may be right after all," I said to him in the kitchen. "You may be right, but you'll never win."...
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You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direc...
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I: You have the right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, an...
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I knew that i...
DARYNDA JONES And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out o...
DR. SEUSS Too much damned TV. Thinks he's Sherlock Holmes."
"That's professor Moriarty," corrected Foaly....
EOIN COLFER You are not white,
but a rainbow of colors.
You are not black,
but golden.
You a...
SUZY KASSEM I may not be beautiful,
I may not be tall,
I may have no legs,
And be hairy and all.<...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
...
COLEMAN BARKS Thus, there is a high probability that the new
parliament, rather than being a venue for
...
AHMED RASHID May Light always surround you;
Hope kindle and rebound you.
May your Hurts turn to Healing...
D. SIMONE ...The lies we tell, and let ourselves believe, in the name of love.

The first thing you ...
CARLA BUCKLEY Now, Watson,” said Holmes, as a tall dog-cart dashed up through the gloom, throwing out two golden...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Oh, may your silhouette not be broken in the sand,
oh may your eyelids not fly in the absence:<...
PABLO NERUDA WATSON: Then you are yourself inclining to the supernatural explanation.     
HOLMES: if Dr...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake.

- Watson
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you, ...
LIBBA BRAY Sherlock Holmes and Matthew Watson were on a camping and hiking trip. They had gone to bed and were ...
UNKNOWN A Prayer
Refuse to fall down
If you cannot refuse to fall down,
refuse to stay...
CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTéS Just look at what is spelled:
Hal Jordan
BrUce Wayne
Victor Stone
Clark KenT...
ME Although life is hard in pace
Lose not thy calm and grace.
If thee are not tender
...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES Based on the law of probability
Everything is possible because
The sheer existence of po...
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It's going to be okay.
Right.
Because I love you.
Is that why?
It is, actually.
RAINBOW ROWELL THE CONSCIOUS HUMAN

You are not just white,
but a rainbow of colors.
You are no...
SUZY KASSEM May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
IRISH BLESSINGS Grow strong, my comrade … that you may stand
Unshaken when I fall; that I may know
The s...
WILL DURANT The funny thing about GPS was it didn’t always send you in the right direction.
I knew that i...
DARYNDA JONES People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

I...
MOTHER TERESA In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in
friendship, never in want.
OLD IRISH TOAST You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any dire...
DR. SEUSS Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Jagged needle, wicked lies
From under the skin, pluck evil eyes.
Destiny change from pain ...
LAWREN LEO Shade for a man
And shelter for animals,
Planted in your name,
May you be the same fo...
NANCY J. CAVANAUGH For Equilibrium, a Blessing:
Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,
May the relief ...
JOHN O'DONOHUE HIDEAWAY

Preserve that
secret, homey spot
in your heart,
as sanctuary
TARA ESTACAAN The waiter approached.
'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet th...
DOUGLAS ADAMS You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?” “The famous scientific criminal, as famous among...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any d...
DR. SEUSS You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the v...
MAYA ANGELOU On 7 October 1909 E. D.Morel, head of the Congo Reform Association,wrote A. Conan Doyle, a member, t...
HUNT HAWKINS Heart, we will forget him!
You and I, to-night!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I ...
EMILY DICKINSON It's going to be okay," Park said.

She nodded. "Right."

"Because I love you."<...
RAINBOW ROWELL

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"Then possibly my answer has crossed y...
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a ve...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travele...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we we...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
(The pub...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Now, Watson, confess yourself utterly taken aback,” said he. “I am.” “I ought to make you si...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I am inclined to think--” said I. “I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. I be...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?” “The famous scientific criminal, as famous among...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE My brain has always governed my heart" Sherlock Holmes
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. His expression, his manner, his very soul seemed ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Let me say right here, Mr. Holmes, that money is nothing to me in this case. You can burn it if it�...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,” returned my companion, bitterly. “The ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The example of patient suffering is in itself the most precious of all lessons to an impatient world...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A wondrous subtle thing is love, for here were we two who had never seen each other before that day,...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson,
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dang...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins t...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and e...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE My line of thoughts about dogs is analogous. A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky do...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, HOWEVER ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE You mentioned your name as if I should recognize it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bac...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE You have been in Afghanistan I perceive.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It is easy to be wise after the event.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ...Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I think there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, ju...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE So swift, silent, and furtive were his movements, like those of a trained blood-hound picking out a ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Well, and there is the end of our little drama," I remarked, after we had sat some time smoking in s...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Il n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux ont de l'esprit.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, ...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE It is cocaine," he said, "a seven-per-cent solution. Would you
care to try it?"
"No, indee...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE