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Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) Quotes

Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . Sherlock Holmes ended its run in 1970.

It features Joel Silver as producer, Hans Zimmer in charge of musical score, and Philippe Rousselot as head of cinematography.

Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom, and United States. Each episode of Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) is 129 minutes long. Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The cast includes: Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, James Fox as Sir Thomas, Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan, Hans Matheson as Lord Coward, Robert Maillet as Dredger, Geraldine James as Mrs. Hudson, Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood, and James Fox as Thug.

Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) Quotes

Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes

  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Un moment, s'il vous plait."
  • (Robert Maillet) "Je ne suis pas pressé."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Meat? Or potatoes?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "My ten minutes are up."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Ah, putrefaction."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Where's the inspector?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Getting his troops lined up."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "That could be all day."
  • (Inspector Lestrade) "That's not Blackwood."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Well, now we have a firm grasp of the obvious."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems. Give me work."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "You'd better hope it's just superstition, as you performed all the rituals perfectly. The Devil's due a soul, I'd say --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Head cocked to the left, partial deafness in ear: first point of attack. Two: throat; paralyze vocal chords, stop scream. Three: got to be a heavy drinker, floating rib to the liver. Four: finally, drag in left leg, fist to patella. Summary prognosis: unconscious in ninety seconds, martial efficacy quarter of an hour at best. Full faculty recovery: unlikely."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "There's only at one case that intrigues me at present. The curious case of Mrs. Hudson, the absentee landlady. I've been studying her comings and goings, they appear most -- sinister."
  • (Geraldine James) "Tea, Mr. Holmes?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Is it poisoned, Nanny?"
  • (Geraldine James) "There's enough of that in you already."
  • (Irene Adler) "Please don't underestimate him. He's just as brilliant as you are. And infinitely more devious."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "We'll see about that."
  • (Irene Adler) "I've never woke up in handcuffs before."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "I have. Naked."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You really believe he was resurrected?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "The question is not if but how. The game's afoot."
  • (Dr. John Watson) ""Follow your spirit -- ""
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) ""And upon this charge, cry, 'God for Harry, England and St. George.'""
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "And chambermaids were once such a liberal breed."
  • (Constable Clark) "My wife's a chambermaid, sir."
  • (Constable Clark) "Anyhow, it's a good thing she was offended, sir. Otherwise we'd never have found you."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Yes."
  • (Constable Clark) "Just joking about the wife, sir."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Ah."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Thre's nothing more elusive than an obvious fact."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "My journey took me some what further down the rabbit hole than I intended and though I dirtied my fluffy white tail I have emerged, enlightened."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "That's it, big man. You've won, congratulations."
  • (McMurdo) "Oi, we ain't done yet."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "This mustn't register on an emotional level --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "First, distract target --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Then block his blind jab, counter with cross to left cheek. Discombobulate."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Dazed, will attempt wild haymaker. Employ elbow block, and body shot. Block feral left, weaken right jaw, now fracture."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Break cracked ribs, traumatize solar plexus, dislocate jaw entirely."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Heel kick to diaphragm --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "In summary: ears ringing, jaw fractured, three ribs cracked, four broken, diaphragm haemmorraging. Physical recovery: six weeks. Full psychological recovery: six months. Capacity to spit at back of head: neutralized."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Case re-opened."
  • (Irene Adler) "Moriarty"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "What?"
  • (Irene Adler) "That's his name -- everyone has a weak spot and he found mine."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "What was it by the way?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Permission to enter the armory?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Granted."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Watson, I am in the process of inventing a device which muffles the sound of a gunshot."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "It's not working."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Data, data, data. I cannot make bricks without clay."
  • (Inspector Lestrade) "And you were supposed to wait for my orders."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "If I had, you'd be cleaning up a corpse and chasing a rumor. Besides, the girl's parents hired me, not the Yard. Why they thought you'd require any assistance is beyond me."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "There's only one case that intrigues me at present. The curious case of Mrs. Hudson, the absentee landlady. I've been studying here comings and goings and they appear most -- sinister."
  • (Geraldine James) "Tea, Mr. Holmes?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Is it poisoned, Nanny?"
  • (Geraldine James) "There's enough of that in you already."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Don't touch. Everything is in its proper place, as per usual -- Nanny."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Data, data, data. I cannot make bricks without clay."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Don't worry, dear. Suicide is not in his repertoire. He's far too fond of himself for that."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Holmes."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Oh, good afternoon. I was attempting to determine the means by which Blackwood survived his execution; clearing your good name, as it were; but it had a surprisingly soporific effect, and I found myself carried off into the arms of Morpheus like a caterpillar in a cocoon."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Good afternoon, dear."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Get on with it, Holmes."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Well, cleverly concealed in the hangman's knot was a hook -- oh, my, I think my legs have fallen asleep. I should probably come down."
  • (Kelly Reilly) "John, shouldn't we help him down?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No, no, I hate to cut him off mid-stream. Carry on."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Well, the executioner attached it to a harness which allowed the weight to be distributed around the waist and the neck to remain intact. Oh, lord, I can't feel my cheeks. Might we continue this at ground level?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "How did you manage it, Holmes?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "I managed it with braces, belts and a coat-hook. Please, Watson, my tongue is going, soon I'll be of no use to you at all."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Worse things could happen."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Holmes? What is that?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Je ne sais pas."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "First, the world will see you for what you are: a fraud. Then you'll be hanged; properly, this time."
  • (Mark Strong) "It's a long journey from here to the rope."
  • (Inspector Lestrade) "You took your time, Holmes."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "And on the third day --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Don't touch. Everything is in its proper place -- as per usual, Nanny."
  • (Geraldine James) "Oh, he's killed the dog. Again."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "What have you done to Gladstone now?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "I was simply testing a new anesthetic. He doesn't mind."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Watson, what have you done?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me work. The sooner the better."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Whatever he was working on, he obviously succeeded."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "How do you know?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Otherwise, he'd still be alive."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Go along now. I won't be chasing you anymore. Fare thee well."
  • (Irene Adler) "I don't wanna run, anymore."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "You have the grand gift of silence, Watson; it makes you quite invaluable as a companion."
  • (Irene Adler) "Why are you always so suspicious?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Should I answer chronologically or alphabetically?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "There is a toxin, refined from the nectar of the rhododendron ponticum. It's quite infamous in the region of Turkey bordering the Black Sea for its ability to induce an apparently mortal paralysis. Enough to deceive even a medical mind as tenacious and well-trained as yours. It's known locally as --"
  • (Kelly Reilly) "What's wrong with Gladstone?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "-- mad honey disease. Oh, he's just demonstrating the very effect I've just described. He doesn't mind."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "One for the doctor; one for the rope."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Madam, I need you to remain calm. And trust me, I'm a professional. Beneath this pillow, lies the key to my release."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Of course, she mis-interpreted my intention entirely."
  • (Constable Clark) "Naturally, sir."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "What of Mary?"
  • (Palm Reader) "M for Mary. For marriage. Oh, you will be married."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Go on."
  • (Palm Reader) "Oh, I see pattern tablecloth and -- Oh, china figurines and -- Ugh. Lace doilies."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Mmm -- Doilies."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Lace -- doilies? Holmes. Does your depravity know no bounds?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "No."
  • (Palm Reader) "Oh, then she turns fat and, ugh, she has a beard and --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "What of the warts?"
  • (Palm Reader) "Ah, she's covered in warts."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Enough, enough."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Are they extensive?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Please, enough."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "I like the hat."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Thanks, I just picked it up."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You remember your revolver?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Oh, knew I forgot something. Thought I left the stove on."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You did."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "I think that's quite enough. You are a doctor, after all."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Always nice to see you, Watson."
  • (Irene Adler) "You'll miss me, Sherlock."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Sadly -- yes."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "There's one odor I can't put my finger on. Is it candy floss, molasses? Ah. Barley sugar."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "-- Toffee apple."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Let me guess -- Judging by your arsonist's tool kit, you're here to burn down the building and destroy all the evidence therein."
  • (James Fox) "Just one minute, boys."
  • (James Fox) "Oh, Dredger."
  • (Robert Maillet) "Il y a un problème?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "It's a matter of professional integrity. No girl wants to marry a doctor who can't tell if a man's dead or not."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "There was never any magic. Merely conjuring tricks."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "What of the coffin, Lestrade?"
  • (Inspector Lestrade) "Well, we are in the process of bringing it up."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Indeed? What stage of the process? Contemplative?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Woman. Shoot him. Now, please."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Never theorize before you have data. Invariably, you end up twisting facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Holmes. Does your depravity know no bounds?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "No."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You've been in this room for two weeks, I insist you have to get out."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "There is absolutely nothing of interest to me, out there, on Earth, at all."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "So you're free this evening?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Absolutely."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Dinner?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Wonderful."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "The Royale?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "My favorite."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Mary's coming."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Not available."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You're meeting her, Holmes."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Have you proposed yet?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No, I haven't found the right ring."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Then it's not official."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "It's happening. Whether you like it or not, 8:30, the Royale. Wear a jacket."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "You wear a jacket."

Geraldine James as Mrs. Hudson

  • (Dr. John Watson) "Mrs Hudson."
  • (Geraldine James) "I won't go in there by myself, not while he's got a gun in his hand."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You don't have to go in there at all."
  • (Geraldine James) "What will I do when you leave, doctor? He'll have the whole house down."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "He just needs another case, that's all."

Hans Matheson as Lord Coward

  • (Hans Matheson) "How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the wise."

Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan

  • (Kelly Reilly) "What can you tell about me?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "You?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "I don't think that's --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "I don't know if that's --"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Not at dinner."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Perhaps some other time."
  • (Kelly Reilly) "I insist."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "You insist?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You remember we've discussed this."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "The lady insists."

Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood

  • (Mark Strong) "My powers and my assets were given to me for one purpose. A magnificent, but simple purpose: to create a new future. A future ruled by us. Tomorrow at noon, we take the first step towards a new chapter in our history. Magic will lead the way. Once the people of England see our newfound power they'll bow down in fear. Across the Atlantic lies a colony that was once ours. It will be again. Their civil war has made them weak. Their government is as corrupt and as ineffective as ours -- so we'll take it back. We will remake the world. Create the future."
  • (Mark Strong) "Sherlock Holmes -- and his loyal dog. Tell me, Doctor, as a medical man, have you enjoyed my work?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Let me show you how much I've enjoyed it --"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Watson, don't. Observe --"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "How did you see that?"
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Because I was looking for it."

Robert Maillet as Dredger

  • (Robert Maillet) "Cour, petit lapin, cour."
  • (Robert Downey Jr.) "Avec plaisir."

James Fox as Sir Thomas

  • (James Fox) "He was conceived during one of our rituals."

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