Quotes of: Spade Keyword

Sam Spade: [impatiently] Now, let's *talk* about the black bird. Kasper Gutman: Let's. Mr. Spade, have you any conception of how much money can be got for that black bird? Sam Spade: No. Kasper Gutman: Well, sir, if I told you... If I told you *half*...

The Maltese Falcon

I don't like to not call a spade a spade.

Marc Andreessen

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Menander

Sam Spade: Here. [hands him Wilmer's guns] Sam Spade: You shouldn't let him go around with these on him, he might get himself hurt. Kasper Gutman: Well, well, what's this? Sam Spade: A crippled newsie took 'em away from him. I made him give 'em back.

The Maltese Falcon

Free to call a spade a spade (and a cock a cock).

Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America

Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.

Malagasy

Let's call a spade a spade - a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effective eating disorder.

Lena Dunham

I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade says, "I hope I will not find one.".

Malagasy

Brigid O'Shaughnessy: Help me. Sam Spade: You won't need much of anybody's help. You're good. Chiefly your eyes, I think, and that throb you get in your voice when you say things like 'Be generous, Mr. Spade.' Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I deserve that. Bu...

The Maltese Falcon

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

The Name of the Wind

We're confronted with great darkness as a species right now as spiritual creatures on this planet. I don't think it's hopeless, and I don't want 'You've Never Seen Everything' to make people feel hopeless. But I think we've got to call a spade a spad...

Bruce Cockburn

Kilgore: All right, let's see what we have. Two of spades. Three of spades. Four of diamonds, six of clubs... there isn't one worth a jack in the whole bunch. Four of diamonds...

Apocalypse Now

Growing up is when you understand you get what you give, not what you're given.

Never Hit a Jellyfish With a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges

Sam Spade: Haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions? Lt. Dundy: And gettin' a lot of lyin' answers! Sam Spade: Take it easy.

The Maltese Falcon

[first lines] Sam Spade: Yes, sweetheart? Effie Perine: There's a girl wants to see you. Her name's Wonderly. Sam Spade: A customer? Effie Perine: I guess so. You'll want to see her anyway. She's a knockout.

The Maltese Falcon

Brigid O'Shaughnessy: Mr. Archer was so alive yesterday, so solid and hearty... Sam Spade: Stop it. He knew what he was doing. Those are the chances we take. Brigid O'Shaughnessy: Was he married? Sam Spade: Yeah, with ten thousand insurance, no child...

The Maltese Falcon

Sam Spade: All we've got is that maybe you love me and maybe I love you. Brigid O'Shaughnessy: You know whether you love me or not. Sam Spade: Maybe I do. I'll have some rotten nights after I've sent you over, but that'll pass.

The Maltese Falcon

Lt. Dundy: Well you know me Spade, if you did it or if you didn't, you'll get a square deal from me and most of the breaks. Don't know as I'd blame you much - man that killed your partner. But that won't stop me from nailing ya. Sam Spade: Fair enoug...

The Maltese Falcon

Joel Cairo: I am prepared to pay five thousand dollars for the figure's return. Do you have it? Sam Spade: No. Joel Cairo: But if it isn't here, why did you risk serious injury to prevent my searching for it? Sam Spade: Why should I sit around here a...

The Maltese Falcon

I like to call a spade a spade in politics and in everything else. That's why the zionists and the americans... The top officials hate Saddam Hussein. The White House is lying once again. He's a liar. He's the world's number one liar. He said there w...

Saddam Hussein