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Raymond Chandler Quotes

Raymond Chandler quotes

American Writer July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959

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...had my books been any worse I would not have been invited to Hollywood and if they had been any better I would not have come. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)"
A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles) Raymond Chandler
It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. Raymond Chandler
What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the Big Sleep... Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however..."
The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "She’d make for a jazzy week-end, but she’d be wearing for a..."
She’d make for a jazzy week-end, but she’d be wearing for a steady diet. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on..."
And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on barbed wire and broken beer bottles. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like..."
Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "The latter think the shortest distance between two points is..."
The latter think the shortest distance between two points is from a blonde to a bed. Raymond Chandler
It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too..."
He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money. Raymond Chandler
Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. You’re the second guy I’ve met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her..."
She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam. Raymond Chandler
She's a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud and if she has washed her hair since Coolidge's second term I'll eat my spare tyre, rim and all. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence..."
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. Raymond Chandler

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