Mycroft Holmes Quotes

“He had breath in him once,” he declared. “He is to be treated with respect, no matter the cost.” “Now is not the time for empty ritual,” Holmes thundered. “Now is precisely the time!” Douglas thundered back. “When we ourselves are empty, it is the ritual that turns us human again.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes

“Pride goeth before destruction,” he quoted, “and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes

“The foolish will tread where the wise will not,” Holmes replied. “If we waited for the wisdom of this venture, Douglas and I would still be in London.” “To fools, then!” Little Huan exclaimed. “To fools!” the others declared.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes

“The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes

“They were now forced to graft hardy American vines onto their native plants.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes

“Douglas wondered if his friend would make it out of this alive. He realized, not for the first time, that life or death was not the most important thing. The most important thing was the mission, their own small attempt to “proclaim liberty to the captives,” as the Book of Isaiah had commanded nearly three thousand years before. To engage in a war where there would be no material benefit for the victor other than the liberation of oppressed and victimized human beings.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes

“I went back two weeks running, then three months after, just to be sure, and then a year after that. So punctual are they that they have trained the local birds to fly in for their breakfast.” Holmes sighed as he took a pull of his Partagás. “Rich or poor, Douglas, we are all creatures of habit.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mycroft Holmes