Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammettwas an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, and the Continental Op...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1894
CitySt Marys County, MD
CountryUnited States of America
successful luck outcomes
The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.
agents three trouble
Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.
fall might roof
The roof might fall in; anything could happen.
I like women. I really like women.
jail easy
It's awfully easy to be in love in jail
taken san-francisco
Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.
sleep thinking thanks
Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?" Nora: "No, thanks." Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.
lying believe thinking
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 on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.
nice love-you smell
Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.
real satisfaction substitutes
Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction
taken falcon felt
He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.
bunnies lettuce
Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.
sex thinking sailor
If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.
boys two firsts
The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second “you.