Quotes from The Maltese Falcon

The stuff that dreams are made of.

When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it.

Sam, execute yourself.

You’re good, and plenty alone.

Twenty years of detective work have taught me that there ain’t nothin’ in this world worth all the ills of a woman.

You’re a toffee-brained taxidermist.

It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s the landing.

We didn’t exactly believe your story.

I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things.

You’ll walk a straighter line being a drunkard than you will being a gutless old man.

You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

Let’s all be bright and shiny.

I want you to fold up your tents, without any argument, and without asking any questions.

We didn’t exactly believe your story, Miss O’Shaughnessy. We believed your two hundred dollars.

You’re a liar at heart.

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

You want to prove who’s smarter, you or Mr. Jacobi?

She had a heart, a heart that cared for somebody.

The statue is worth a fortune.

When a man gets stabbed in the back, well, there’s something about it that’s supposed to be bad.

The stuff dreams are made of.

Don’t be so sure I’m as crooked as I’m supposed to be.

I don’t have to take this kind of talk from you, Gutman.

Quotes from The Maltese Falcon part 2

I’ve heard about you with women, you’re a liar and a hypnotizer and a swindler.

We begin well, sir.

Have you anything to add, sir?

I’m a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk.

You’re nuts.

We want the Maltese Falcon.

I’m afraid you overestimate my influence and power.

Sam, you’re an angel!

I don’t want to do anything my conscience doesn’t code.

This isn’t your picture, Miss O’Shaughnessy.

My wife will be here presently.

I don’t mind getting shot in the shoulder, if it’s good for something in the end.

I know the bird, sir.

You’re right. Did you ever hear of the Middle Ages, you guttersnipe?

It’s a dream, a dream dreamed by a man with a headache.

Better bring ’em both.

I couldn’t be fonder of you if you were my own son.

Those are brave words and I’m behind you all the way.

How dreadful.

We didn’t believe your two hundred dollars.

You played the game beautifully.

You’re a little firecracker!