Sherlock Holmes:
I smell the faint sweet odor of blackmail!
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Woman in Green
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes:
I'm sorry, Watson. The pleasures of the chase are no longer for me. I'm through with crime forever.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Spider Woman
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes:
I've decided to accept your case, Miss Brandon. I shall help you all I can.
Ann Brandon: Oh, Thank you.
Jerrold Hunter: We don't want your interference, Mr. Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: I interfere whenever and wherever I like, Mr. Hunter.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Ann Brandon: Oh, Thank you.
Jerrold Hunter: We don't want your interference, Mr. Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: I interfere whenever and wherever I like, Mr. Hunter.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes:
Murder is an insidious thing. Once a man has dipped his fingers in blood, sooner or later he'll feel the urge to kill again.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The House of Fear
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The House of Fear
Sherlock Holmes:
My dear Nikolas, perhaps you don't realize that it's tea that has made the British Empire and Dr. Watson what they are today.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Pursuit to Algiers
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Pursuit to Algiers
Sherlock Holmes:
Not your child, Watson!
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes:
Poison is a woman's weapon.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Pursuit to Algiers
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in Pursuit to Algiers
Sherlock Holmes:
Poor, innocent little child. I should have prevented this!
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Scarlet Claw
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Scarlet Claw
Sherlock Holmes:
Ramson has undoubtedly established another character for himself - perhaps several others - by now familiar to the people of La Morte Rouge and quite above suspicion. He could be almost anyone...
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Scarlet Claw
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Scarlet Claw
Sherlock Holmes:
The nose of the police dog, although long and efficient, points in only one direction at a time.
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
--Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
