Walter Sobchak: Life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit. Donny: What's wrong with Walter, Dude?
Vivian: You go too far, Marlowe. Marlowe: Those are harsh words to throw at a man, especially when he's walking out of your bedroom.
Marlowe: You know what he'll do when he comes back? Beat my teeth out, then kick me in the stomach for mumbling.
Norris: Are you attempting to tell me my duties, sir? Philip Marlowe: No, just having fun trying to guess what they are.
Philip Marlowe: You made a mistake. Mrs. Rutledge didn't want to see me. Norris: I'm sorry, sir. I make many mistakes.
Philip Marlowe: [after Carmen had thrown herself at him] You ought to wean her, she's old enough.
Philip Marlowe: Did I hurt you much, sugar? Agnes Lowzier: You and every other man I've ever met.
Philip Marlowe: [speaking into the phone] Bernie? This is Marlowe. I got some more red points for you. Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls: Who is it this time?
Philip Marlowe: How bout a cup of coffee, Bernie? Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls: Uh Uhh. I can't afford to be seen with you.
I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me.
We talk about institutions that are too big to fail - I think the story is as much about people who think they are too big to fail.
I have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.
You have to also provide a video for it, look a certain way and big hair... If you're a woman it's even more strange with fake fingernails and corsets and all this stuff that was big in the 80s.
You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.
If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.
I confess I sometimes sneak a peek at 'The Big Bang Theory.' I chuckle at their antics. But I cringe when they portray physicists as clueless nerds who are doormats when it comes to picking up women.
I was never attracted to big things―convertible Porsche's, mansions, fame, and money. I always found those things to be repulsive and energy-draining. Give me the gutters, the junkyards, the bars, the liquor stores, the grimy graffiti-ridden back a...
Crazed Video Customer: What I'm in the mood for is sort of a Katherine-Hepburny, Cary-Granty kinda thing. Nothing heavy; I couldn't take heavy. Something zany! I'm looking for something zany... or something modern would be fine, too, like a Goldy-Haw...
A man finds what he takes to be small; it will only be big again when he loses it.
In a small house God has His corner, in a big house He has to stand in the hall.
Mother is a humble woman. Very, very humble. She toils at a small café one hour distance from our home. She presents food and drink to customers there, and says to me, "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to...
