Maltese Falcon Book Quotes & Sayings

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology. — Rosalind Russell

You're better than I am.'
Damen couldn't help his amused breath of reaction to that, or the long, scrolling look from Laurent's head to his toes and back again, which was probably a little insulting. But really. — C.S. Pacat

Red: "I could tell he was grinning, when he said, 'I have nothing but time, my little love. I have been waiting patiently for you to come for me again.' 'You mean come to you,' I corrected. -Kate SeRine — Kate SeRine

The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently of each successive pope, has been increasingly orientated towards the U.S. The Wall Street Journal said that the Vatican's financial deals in the U.S. alone were so big that very often it sold or bought gold in lots of a million or more dollars at one time. — Avro Manhattan

What if my trousers are shabby and worn, they cover a warm hearth. — Thomas Lansing Masson

The word 'commercial' implies a notion of profit. — Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body. — Swami Vivekananda

I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many. — Avi

I said, "Juvenile delinquents eat chocolate cake, so chocolate cake must cause juvenile delinquency," but nobody listened to me. I wasn't on TV. — Stan Lee

Oh, I love red. I'm very loyal to my colors. I love violet. — Elizabeth Taylor