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Dashiell Hammett quotes

American Author May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961

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We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaughnessy, we believed your 200 dollars. I mean you paid us more than if you had been telling us the truth, and enough more to make it alright. (Sam Spade) Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things..."
I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "I like women. I really like women."
I like women. I really like women. Dashiell Hammett
We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then--?' We believed your two hundred dollars.' You mean--' She seemed not to know what he meant. I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "Looks like she's been slapping the kid again."
Looks like she's been slapping the kid again. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable..."
My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery. Dashiell Hammett
If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen. Dashiell Hammett
People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living. Dashiell Hammett
You ought to have known I'd do it!" My voice sounded harsh and savage like a stranger's in my ears. "Didn't I steal a crutch from a cripple? Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to..."
Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready...."
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter? Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than..."
I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his..."
Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone..."
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well."
With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well. Dashiell Hammett

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