Quotes by : Dashiell Hammett

He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.

Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.” Sam....

The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies....

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

You know Quinn?" Macaulay asked me."Ten minutes ago I was putting him to bed."Macaulay grinned. "I hope....

When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference....

Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling.""I didn't....

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

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....

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.