One of the most well-known examples of all falls into this latter category: "Elementary, my dear Watson," the signature phrase indelibly associated with Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective ...

There’s nothing elementary about it, my dear Watson. And does a rose by any other name really smell as sweet? The ten literary quotations below have passed into common parlance because they ...

The Talking Heads It is still not daylight, and I am standing in my backyard waiting for Watson to take care of business, which at the moment seems to be the last thing on this puppy’s mind.

"And, of course [a small smile], I have other things to occupy my mind." The almost-cruel implication is that Jack doesn't, but Watson is just stating a fact. She's the breadwinner - she's got to ...

Gillette, who had a genius for pleasing the public, introduced the curved pipe and the phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson.” He hyped the love interest and jump-started the career of young ...

Nevertheless, it remains a company with great ambitions, largely built around Watson, the supercomputer which famously beat human beings on the game show Jeopardy! In 2011. IBM has always hoped ...

Need a few more hints? He plays the violin; his nemesis is Professor Moriarty and he came back from the dead after falling over the Reichenbach Falls with Moriarty. It is elementary, my dear reader.

Law sporting a distinguished mustache, plays Dr. Watson, trusted aide to Downey as intellectual crime fighter Sherlock Holmes. Rachel McAdams, also in Brooklyn yesterday, plays Holmes’ enigmatic ...

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Here are a few clues: world-renowned detective; one of the most portrayed characters in film history; his best friend his Dr Watson ... It is elementary, my dear reader. It is Sherlock Holmes ...