You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards.
...What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life.
Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.
Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.
Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, its possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon.