Nick And Nora Charles Quotes & Sayings

You like Nick a lot, don't you, Nora?" Dorothy asked.
"He's an old Greek fool, but I'm used to him."
"Charles isn't a Greek name."
"It's Charalambides," I explained. "When the old man came over, the mugg that put him through Ellis Island said Charalambides was too long ... too much trouble to write ... and whittled it down to Charles. It was all right with the old man; they could have called him X so they let him in. — Dashiell Hammett