The Big Sleep Quotes
Norris : Are you attempting to tell me my duties, sir?
Philip Marlowe : No, just having fun trying to guess what they are.
Philip Marlowe : No, just having fun trying to guess what they are.
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Vivian : Do you always think you can handle people like, uh, trained seals?
Philip Marlowe : Uh-huh. I usually get away with it too.
Vivian : How nice for you.
Philip Marlowe : Uh-huh. I usually get away with it too.
Vivian : How nice for you.
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[ in a bookstore ]
Philip Marlowe : You do sell books, hmm?
Agnes Lowzier : What do those look like, grapefruit?
Philip Marlowe : Well, from here they look like books.
Philip Marlowe : You do sell books, hmm?
Agnes Lowzier : What do those look like, grapefruit?
Philip Marlowe : Well, from here they look like books.
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[ making a prank phone call ]
Philip Marlowe : What can I do for you? I can do what? Where? Oh, no, I wouldn't like that. Neither would my daughter.
Philip Marlowe : What can I do for you? I can do what? Where? Oh, no, I wouldn't like that. Neither would my daughter.
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Philip Marlowe : I can do what? Where? Oh no, I wouldn't like that. Neither would my daughter. [ hangs up ]
Philip Marlowe : I hope the sergeant never traces that call.
Philip Marlowe : I hope the sergeant never traces that call.
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Philip Marlowe : You wanna tell me now?
Vivian : Tell you what?
Philip Marlowe : What it is you're trying to find out. You know, it's a funny thing. You're trying to find out what your father hired me to find out, and I'm trying to find out why you want to find out.
Vivian : You could go on forever, couldn't you? Anyway it'll give us something to talk about next time we meet.
Philip Marlowe : Among other things.
Vivian : Tell you what?
Philip Marlowe : What it is you're trying to find out. You know, it's a funny thing. You're trying to find out what your father hired me to find out, and I'm trying to find out why you want to find out.
Vivian : You could go on forever, couldn't you? Anyway it'll give us something to talk about next time we meet.
Philip Marlowe : Among other things.
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Taxi Driver : If you can use me again sometime, call this number.
Philip Marlowe : Day and night?
Taxi Driver : Uh, night's better. I work during the day.
Philip Marlowe : Day and night?
Taxi Driver : Uh, night's better. I work during the day.
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Eddie Mars : Your story didn't sound quite right.
Philip Marlowe : Oh, that's too bad. You got a better one?
Eddie Mars : Maybe I can find one.
Philip Marlowe : Oh, that's too bad. You got a better one?
Eddie Mars : Maybe I can find one.
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Philip Marlowe : Did I hurt you much, sugar?
Agnes Lowzier : You and every other man I've ever met.
Agnes Lowzier : You and every other man I've ever met.
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Philip Marlowe : How'd you happen to pick out this place?
Vivian : Maybe I wanted to hold your hand.
Philip Marlowe : Oh, that can be arranged.
Vivian : Maybe I wanted to hold your hand.
Philip Marlowe : Oh, that can be arranged.
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Philip Marlowe : You the guy that's been tailing me?
Harry Jones : Yeah, the name's Jones. Harry Jones. I want to see you.
Philip Marlowe : Swell. Did you want to see those guys jump me?
Harry Jones : I didn't care one way or the other.
Philip Marlowe : You could've yelled for help.
Harry Jones : If a guy's playing a hand, I let him play it. I'm no kibitzer.
Philip Marlowe : You got brains
Harry Jones : Yeah, the name's Jones. Harry Jones. I want to see you.
Philip Marlowe : Swell. Did you want to see those guys jump me?
Harry Jones : I didn't care one way or the other.
Philip Marlowe : You could've yelled for help.
Harry Jones : If a guy's playing a hand, I let him play it. I'm no kibitzer.
Philip Marlowe : You got brains
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Agnes Lowzier : Is Harry there?
Philip Marlowe : Yeah, yeah, he's here.
Agnes Lowzier : Put him on, will you?
Philip Marlowe : He can't talk to you.
Agnes Lowzier : Why?
Philip Marlowe : Because he's dead.
Philip Marlowe : Yeah, yeah, he's here.
Agnes Lowzier : Put him on, will you?
Philip Marlowe : He can't talk to you.
Agnes Lowzier : Why?
Philip Marlowe : Because he's dead.
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Agnes Lowzier : Well, so long, copper. Wish me luck. I got a raw deal.
Philip Marlowe : Hey, your kind always does.
Philip Marlowe : Hey, your kind always does.
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Lash Canino : What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a gun before? What do you want me to do, count three like they do in the movies?
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Philip Marlowe : Let me do the talking, angel. I don't know yet what I'm going to tell them. It'll be pretty close to the truth.
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Carmen Sternwood : You're cute.
Philip Marlowe : I'm getting cuter every minute.
Philip Marlowe : I'm getting cuter every minute.
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Vivian : So you're a private detective. I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors. My, you're a mess, aren't you?
Philip Marlowe : I'm not very tall either. Next time I'll come on stilts wear a white tie and carry a tennis racket.
Vivian : I doubt if even that will help.
Philip Marlowe : I'm not very tall either. Next time I'll come on stilts wear a white tie and carry a tennis racket.
Vivian : I doubt if even that will help.
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Vivian : What will your first step be?
Philip Marlowe : The usual one.
Vivian : I didn't know there was a usual one.
Philip Marlowe : Well sure there is, it comes complete with diagrams on page 47 of how to be a detective in 10 easy lessons correspondent school textbook and uh, your father offered me a drink.
Vivian : You must've read another one on how to be a comedian.
Philip Marlowe : The usual one.
Vivian : I didn't know there was a usual one.
Philip Marlowe : Well sure there is, it comes complete with diagrams on page 47 of how to be a detective in 10 easy lessons correspondent school textbook and uh, your father offered me a drink.
Vivian : You must've read another one on how to be a comedian.
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Carmen Sternwood : You're cute. I like you.
Philip Marlowe : Yeah, what you sees nothing, I got a Balinese dancing girl tattooed across my chest.
Philip Marlowe : Yeah, what you sees nothing, I got a Balinese dancing girl tattooed across my chest.
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Philip Marlowe : [ speaking into the phone ] Hello, let me talk to Mr. Mars.
Eddie Mars : This is Mars.
Philip Marlowe : Oh, hello Eddie. This is Marlowe.
Eddie Mars : Marlowe?
Philip Marlowe : Yeah, Marlowe. Or, what's left of him.
Eddie Mars : This is Mars.
Philip Marlowe : Oh, hello Eddie. This is Marlowe.
Eddie Mars : Marlowe?
Philip Marlowe : Yeah, Marlowe. Or, what's left of him.
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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?
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls : Who is it this time?
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