It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

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.

Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.

We appreciate most that which we have lived without.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment.

Fans of these freshmen is about to get iffy while this youngin that you doubted is about to get busy.

Build a platform - prepare for the unexpected...you' ll know you're successful when the platform you've built serves you in unexpected ways.

He says I'm a regular onion! I keep him busy peeling away the layers.

Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.

We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with so much misunderstanding and fear?

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.