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Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

Total quotes: 53
“I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.”
— Benedict Cumberbatch, ‘Cumberbitches,’ Rejoice!
Tagged: Passion, Life, Normality
“Hardest time to lie to somebody is when they're expecting to be lied to.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: lying
“Taking your own life. Interesting expression - taking it from who? Once it’s over, it’s not you who’ll miss it. Your own death is something that happens to everybody else. Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Lying Detective
Tagged: Suicide, self-harm, Depression
“Anderson, don’t talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the whole street.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Fear is wisdom in the face of danger, it is nothing to be ashamed of.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Abominable Bride
Tagged: sherlock
“When people talk to each other, they never say what they mean. [pause] They say something else and you're expected to just know what they mean.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: say what you mean
“Advice about keeping secrets: it's a lot easier if you don't know them in the first place.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: Secrets
“Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: Violence, Satisfying, Hollow, Satisfaction, humans
“Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: Violence, Satisfaction, Hollow
“[trying to sneak into Whoville; in a strained whisper] This is the loudest snow I've ever heard in my life!”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: Grinch, Christmas, mean things, style, Whoville
“Careful! Some of those skulls are over two hundred thousand years old! Have a bit of respect! …Thank you!”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 1: The Blind Banker
Tagged: sherlock
“Good afternoon. I am Sherlock Holmes, this is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. You may speak freely in front of him, as he rarely understands a word.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Abominable Bride
Tagged: sherlock
“I’m not a psychopath, Anderson. I’m a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Listen, what I said before John, I meant it. I don’t have friends; I’ve just got one.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Superb, suicide as street theatre, murder by corpse. Lestrade, you’re spoiling us.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Abominable Bride
Tagged: sherlock
“I’m not an addict, I’m a user. I alleviate boredom and occasionally heighten my thought processes.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Abominable Bride
Tagged: sherlock
“You must forgive Watson, he has an enthusiasm for stating the obvious, which borders on mania.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Abominable Bride
Tagged: sherlock
“People don’t really go to heaven when they die. They’re taken to a special room and burned.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Heaven, Death, Burned, Cremation
“Lestrade? We’ve had a break-in at Baker Street. Send your least irritating officers and an ambulance.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Shut up everybody, shut up! Don’t move, don’t speak, don’t breathe, I’m trying to think. Anderson, face the other way, you’re putting me off.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“We all have a past, Watson. Ghosts. They are the shadows that define our every sunny day.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 4: The Abominable Bride
Tagged: sherlock
“Christmas already? Ugh!”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: Grinch, Christmas, Anti-Christmas
“It's go time!”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: Grinch, Christmas, Anti-Christmas
“Remember the tomato soup queen?”
— Phil Burbank, The Power of the Dog
Tagged: Tomato, Soup, Queen
“I'm not your brother. You're a cheap schemer.”
— Phil Burbank, The Power of the Dog
Tagged: Brother, Scheme, mean
“Come one partner. Open your talker.”
— Phil Burbank, The Power of the Dog
Tagged: talk, Open Your Mouth, Partner
“ Today we will do mean things, and we will do them in style!”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: mean things, style
“[from trailer] Look at those greedy little gift monsters.”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: Grinch, Christmas, Greed, gifts, Gift Monsters
“Even a broken clock is right twice a day.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: broken clock
“Was I God? No. Because God didn't win the war. We did.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: God, War
“Think of it. A digital computer. Electrical brain.”
— Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
Tagged: digital computer, electrical brain
“MAAXXX!
[Max prepares his master's coffee]”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: Grinch, Christmas, Coffee, Bossy
“I know what to do; I'm going to steal their Christmas!”
— Grinch (voice), The Grinch
Tagged: Grinch, Christmas, Plot, Anti-Christmas
“Oh! You meant ‘Spectacularly ignorant’ in a nice way.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Everybody shut up!”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Sentiment is a chemical defect found on the losing side.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“Quiet. Calm. Peaceful. Isn't it hateful?”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Boring, Quiet, Peace, calm
“Get out. I need to go to my mind palace.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Season 2: The Hounds of Baskerville
Tagged: sherlock
“Four serial suicides and now a note! It’s Christmas!”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Sherlock Quotes, T.V Quotes
“What is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring.”
— Sherlock, Sherlock
Tagged: Boring, dull, Stupid
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