Mark Holmes Quotes

#1. The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

#2. We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first pale spark, While others only note that day is gone.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

#3. More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective.

Mark Billingham

#4. I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

Madeleine Albright

#5. What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.

Victoria Beckham

#6. I don't want you to explain. I want you to convince me I'm wrong. Or admit I'm right.

Chris Pavone

#7. Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or government. When they went missing or sunk, nobody went looking for them. They simply disappeared into the ether.

Robert Kurson

#8. The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

Pierre De Coubertin

#9. A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean

Thomas Jefferson

#10. If man could apply half the ingenuity he's exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there's no limit to what he might yet accomplish

Mark Frost

#11. The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.

Mark Gatiss

#12. The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of thy peace shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.

Elisabeth Elliot

#13. Jesus didn't die to forgive me of my sin but leave me in it. He died to forgive and to free me from the power of sin.

Paula Hendricks

#14. I love food. I'm a complete foodie. I love to cook. I find it very hard to say no to food. I get grumpy if I don't get food.

Stephen Hunter

#15. To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

#16. And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head.

Mark Haddon

#17. People are always mistaking something that looks good for something that feels good.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#18. The brightest light makes the blackest mark.

Henry Holmes Smith

#19. When admiring other people's gardens, don't forget to tend to your own flowers.

Sanober Khan

#20. Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.

Walter Scott

#21. Anyone who rides a bike is a friend of mine.

Gary Fisher