The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.
You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards. - Dashiell Hammett
You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards.
- Dashiell Hammett
The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be … - Dashiell Hammett
The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be …
My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery. - Dashiell Hammett
My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter. - Dashiell Hammett
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel. - Dashiell Hammett
I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel.
The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps. - Dashiell Hammett
The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.
You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one. - Dashiell Hammett
You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.
Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun. - Dashiell Hammett
Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.
Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken. - Dashiell Hammett
Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.
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