167 Quotes by Dashiell Hammett

How about a drop of something to cut the phlegm?Why don't you stay sober today?We didn't come to New York to stay sober.

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.

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

...What do people think about my staying with Harrison with him chasing everything that's hot and hollow?

Dorothy asked timidly: "Did his wife say anything?"She sent her love to you."Nora said: "Stop being nasty.

Хорошо говорит тот, кто постоянно в этом практикуется («Мальтийский сокол»)

Dijo que las cosas no podían seguir por ese camino. Éramos todos hombres sensatos, hombres razonables, hombres hechos y derechos que habían visto suficiente mundo para saber que uno no puede salirse siempre con la suya, fuera quien fuese. Todo el mundo tenía que transigir alguna vez. Para conseguir lo que quería, un hombre tenía que dar a otros lo que necesitaban

He was the perfect soldier: he went where you sent him, and stayed where you put him, and had no idea of his own to keep him from doing exactly what you told him.

...It's probably polite to pretend you don't see people coming out of pawnshops, anyhow.