Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction

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.

I never been in no situation where havin' money made it any worse.

In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.

I always take a less-is-more approach to my routine, and use products that create a sun-kissed glow that can transition from day to night.

We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.

More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002.

1lb beefstak, with 1pt bitter beer every 6 hours. 1 ten-mile walk every morning. 1 bed at 11 sharp every night. And don't stuff your head with things you don't understand.

This little patch of earth and this little pile of stones I can wash the dust from off my face and skin But this earth is in my bones

The beauty of my profession [architecture] lies in its randomness and surprise. And don't think I can choose my projects. I have to build what's offered to me.

I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none.

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.