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

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

It's awfully easy to be in love in jail

To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.

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.

Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.