Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Raymond Chandler quotes, Raymond Chandler sayings, and Raymond Chandler proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. Raymond Chandler
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She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.Raymond Chandler
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A really good detective never gets married.Raymond Chandler
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The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.Raymond Chandler
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There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.Raymond Chandler
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I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.Raymond Chandler
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The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.Raymond Chandler
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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.Raymond Chandler
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There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.Raymond Chandler
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Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.Raymond Chandler
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The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.Raymond Chandler
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There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.Raymond Chandler
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There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.Raymond Chandler
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You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.Raymond Chandler
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A really good detective never gets married.Raymond Chandler
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When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.Raymond Chandler
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The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.Raymond Chandler
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A good title is the title of a successful book.Raymond Chandler
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A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.Raymond Chandler
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The streets were dark with something more than night.Raymond Chandler
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She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.Raymond Chandler
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The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.Raymond Chandler
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Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already.Raymond Chandler
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She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.Raymond Chandler
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But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, and who is neither tarnished nor afraid.Raymond Chandler
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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in the stained glass window.Raymond Chandler
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To say goodbye is to die a little.Raymond Chandler
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Crime isn't a disease, it's a symptom. Cops are like a doctor that gives you aspirin for a brain tumor.Raymond Chandler
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Crime isn't a disease, it's a symptom. Cops are like a doctor that gives you aspirin for a brain tumour.Raymond Chandler
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I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year, just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.Raymond Chandler