Geniuses Quotes

– So how’re you going to do it... burn me?
– Oh, that’s the problem – the final problem. Have you worked out what it is yet? What’s the final problem? I did tell you... but did you listen? How hard do you find it, having to say “I don’t know”?
– I dunno.
– Oh, that’s clever; that’s very clever; awfully clever. Speaking of clever, have you told your little friends yet?
– Told them what?
– Why I broke into all those places and never took anything.
– No.
– But you understand.
– Obviously.
– Off you go, then.
– You want me to tell you what you already know?
– No; I want you to prove that you know it.
– You didn’t take anything because you don’t need to.
– Good.
– You’ll never need to take anything ever again.
– Very good. Because...?
– Because nothing... nothing in the Bank of England, the Tower of London or Pentonville Prison could possibly match the value of the key that could get you into all three.
– I can open any door anywhere with a few tiny lines of computer code. No such thing as a private bank account now – they’re all mine. No such thing as secrecy – I own secrecy. Nuclear codes – I could blow up NATO in alphabetical order. In a world of locked rooms, the man with the key is king; and honey, you should see me in a crown.
– You were advertising all the way through the trial. You were showing the world what you can do.
– And you were helping. Big client list: rogue governments, intelligence communities... terrorist cells. They all want me. Suddenly, I’m Mr Sex.
– If you could break any bank, what do you care about the highest bidder?
– I don’t. I just like to watch them all competing. “Daddy loves me the best!” Aren’t ordinary people adorable? Well, you know: you’ve got John. I should get myself a live-in one.
– Why are you doing all of this?
– It’d be so funny.
– You don’t want money or power – not really. What is it all for?
– I want to solve the problem – our problem; the final problem. It’s gonna start very soon, – the fall. But don’t be scared. Falling’s just like flying, except there’s a more permanent destination.
– Never liked riddles.
– Learn to. Because I owe you a fall, Sherlock. I... owe... you.