I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel.

The roof might fall in; anything could happen.

When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere. Sam Spade

Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.

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

With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.

Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.