Raymond Chandler Sayings and Quotes

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
She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. Raymond Chandler
A really good detective never gets married. Raymond Chandler
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
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. Raymond Chandler
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
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
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. Raymond Chandler
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. Raymond Chandler
Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. Raymond Chandler
The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas. Raymond Chandler
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. Raymond Chandler
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. Raymond Chandler
You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off. Raymond Chandler
A really good detective never gets married. Raymond Chandler
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. Raymond Chandler
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. Raymond Chandler
A good title is the title of a successful book. Raymond Chandler
A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else. Raymond Chandler
The streets were dark with something more than night. Raymond Chandler
She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. Raymond Chandler
The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous. Raymond Chandler
Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already. Raymond Chandler
She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. Raymond Chandler
But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, and who is neither tarnished nor afraid. Raymond Chandler
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in the stained glass window. Raymond Chandler
To say goodbye is to die a little. Raymond Chandler
Crime isn't a disease, it's a symptom. Cops are like a doctor that gives you aspirin for a brain tumor. Raymond Chandler
Crime isn't a disease, it's a symptom. Cops are like a doctor that gives you aspirin for a brain tumour. Raymond Chandler
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