The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.

Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the side of his face three times savagely.

I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.

The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.

I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel.

Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.

Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.