The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.

I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.

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

Yes, ' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the side of his face three times savagely.

It is not for the gods to decide whether or not Man exists - it is for Man to decide whether or not the gods exist.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

Think rich, look poor.

No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.

... and it is probably that there is some secret here which remains to be discovered.

Commercials are so contemporary and up to date that when you're involved in that visual world, you can't really go backwards.

Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.