He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.

I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

Listen, darling, tomorrow I'll buy you a whole lot of detective stories, but don't worry your pretty little head over mysteries tonight.

I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, its possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon.

My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.

Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.

I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel.

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

Everyone smiles in the same language, Happiness knows no frontiers, no age. No difference thar makes us feel apart if a smile can win even a broken heart.

They say the eyes are the apertures to the soul. If that is so, I feared Locusta's soul was far darker than even Nero's.

The time is coming when we have to stand before the Lord to give account of our works

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

It's easy to get armchair analysts to talk, but to get people on the inside to talk is very, very hard.

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.

When distractions are manifold, it's best to remember what you are supposed to be doing.

There's no rule that everyone has to change.

To model an object is to possess it.

Christianity is a power religion. Christ has the power to re-create men from the inside out, as every man who has ever met Him knows.