#holmes

I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time. ↗

George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#afraid #bigger #calls #easier #ever

My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#fans #gave #his #holmes #know

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#career #champion #could #deal #holmes

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#commonplace #crimes #difficult #face #holmes

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best. ↗

— Rex Stout

#best #holmes #i #i think #later

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. ↗

— Rex Stout

#holmes #least #marvelous #scene #sherlock

I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour. ↗

— Nancy Springer

#funny #holmes #mysteries #nancy #springer

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor? ↗