Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.

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.

We give up too soon.

There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.

I don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets.

My fingers always seem busier than my mind.

Nature, like a true poet, abhors abrupt transitions.

Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.

I am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable--in our homes, our churches, and our culture. Will you be one of those women?

The lord giveth and most women piss it away. Perhaps this is why they lack the equipment to aim.

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and you really work hard.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.