Red Harvest Dashiell Hammett Quotes & Sayings

Jesus clearly said that you can do all that he did if you can believe, if you can center yourself in the creative flow, as he was always centered. — Eric Butterworth

We are trespassing on your hospitality — Eric Ambler

I love that sound,' he mumbled into her hair. 'Blackbirds at dawn.'
'I hate it. Makes me think I've done something I'll regret. — David Nicholls

It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you. — Stephenie Meyer

There was a time when I prayed to saints. What I liked about them were their humble beginnings: they were human, once, and so you knew that they just got it in a way Jesus never would. They understood what it meant to have your hopes dashed or your promises broken or you feelings hurt. — Jodi Picoult

The key is being with the right people and making the right decisions. — Sebastian Janikowski

He's the guy that the joke was wrote about: 'Is he a criminal lawyer?' 'Yes, very. — Dashiell Hammett

There are few words that are harder to explain than "loyalty." It's always regarded as a positive characteristic, because a lot of people would say that many of the best things people do for each other occur precisely because of loyalty. The only problem is that many of the very worst things we do to each other occur because of the same thing. — Fredrik Backman

Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday. — B.B. King

Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can't be implemented rapidly and efficiently. Good leaders delegate and empower others liberally, but they pay attention to details, every day. — Colin Powell

The brains of a pedant however full, are vacant. — Sir Fulke Greville

YOLO - you only live once. — Eric Jerome Dickey

Freedom? That's easy. It's in your choices. Happiness? That's easy. It's in your choices. Respect of your peers? That too is in the choices you make. — Ryan Holiday

You can't get through seminary and come out believing in God! — Daniel Dennett

a finger pointing with particular aim too far from the goal in effect points at everything. — Lindsey Drager

The rise of the anti-hero can be traced to a litany of social reasons. Post World War I, for instance, saw the blooming of some pretty dark stuff - I'm thinking of Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest, for instance, when "The Continental Op" shows up in Poisonville to clean up the town ... and proceeds to kill something like thirty people. — Tod Goldberg

The winged beasts and angels know, that mortals cannot fly.
But how I flew to see the sun; a broken bird am I. — Craig Froman