167 Quotes by Dashiell Hammett

Are you asleep?” I said I was. She lit a cigarette for me, one for herself. “Don’t you ever think you’d like to go back to detecting once in a while just for the fun of it?

Have it your own way,” she said, “but I always thought detectives waited until they had every little detail fixed in – ” “And then wonder why the suspect’s had time to get to the farthest country that has no extradition treaty.

I haven’t any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.

I don’t get away soon I’ll be going blood-simple like the natives.

Just you, darling. Lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.

Talking is something you can’t do judiciously unless you keep in practice.

The chief winked at me, an athletic wink in which all his facial muscles took part...

Plans are all right sometimes,” I said. “And sometimes just stirring things up is all right – if you’re tough enough to survive, and keep your eyes open so you’ll see what you want when it comes to the top.

Sam Spade: You’re a good man, sister.