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.

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?

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

CA means Challenge it, Achieve it, Loop it. I am a Chartered Accountant.

We mature not by years, but by stories…" Cinderella In Focus:Cindy's Secret

My first day of teaching, I got hit in the head with a bandstand & needed 4 stitches. Welcome to #NYCity teaching in the 90s.

To entertain your worries and woes, is to invite the inevitability of defeat - into your life.

Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.

So many people have so many problems. When you think that health is wealth, you're so grateful just to be normal, more or less. Aren't you?

It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.

Life is so crowded with every day. It takes great effort to step aside and just watch and think.

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.