Quotes by Dashiell Hammett

...I guess I can put two and two together.Sometimes the answers four, I said, and sometimes its twenty-two...

I distrust a man that says when. If hes got to be careful not to drink to much its because hes not to be trusted when he does.

My side felt a lot better when Nora called me at noon the next day. My nice policeman wants to see you, she said. How do you feel?Terrible. I mustve gone to bed sober. I pushed Asta out of the way and got up.

How about a drop of something to cut the phlegm?Why dont you stay sober today?We didnt come to New York to stay sober.