Professor James Moriarty Quotes in Without a Clue (1988)

[Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty prepare to have a swordfight on the stage of the Orpheum Theater]

Professor James Moriarty: Ordinarily I do not bother with half-wits and buffoons.

[Holmes reaches to draw a sword from nearby, but grabs Mrs. Hudson's umbrella by accident]

Holmes: Buffoons, is it?

[Moriarty looks annoyed. Realizing his mistake, Holmes quickly tosses the umbrella aside and draws a sword for real this time]

Holmes: Buffoon, is it?

Mrs. Hudson: [Looking on with Dr. Watson] He'll be killed!

Dr. Watson: I quite doubt it, Mrs. Hudson. He's in his element now.

[Moriarty's henchmen catch a dockworker spying on them]

Sebastian: Sorry, Professor. We thought the dock was deserted.

Professor James Moriarty: [stepping out of the shadows] Sorry, indeed. I went to all this trouble for the sake of discretion, and then you allow this to happen. Well?

Dockworker: No, no! Nooo!

[Moriarty calmly lights a cigarette as Sebastian cuts the man's throat]

Professor James Moriarty: [pushes dead dockworker into the water] Come on. Let's not be all day about it.

Sebastian: [returning from investigating a strange noise] Nothing, Professor. Probably rats.

Professor James Moriarty: Ah, yes. Rats.

[Professor Moriarty and Sebastian watch from afar as Inspector Lestrade and Lord Smithwick leave 221B Baker Street]

Sebastian: Do you suppose he took the case, Professor?

Professor James Moriarty: What? My dear boy, how could he resist? This is turning out so very well.