The Maltese Falcon

AKA: The Gent from Frisco | The Knight of Malta

(1941)

The Maltese Falcon @ IMDB

See Also: Warner Bros. Collection

Aug

2018

The lie

From: The Maltese Falcon

The lie was in the way I said it, not at all in what I said. It's my own fault if you can't believe me now.

Mary Astor (Brigid O'Shaughnessy)

#Lies

#Lying

#Government

#Politics

#Disbelief

Jul

2018

Cards on the table

From: The Maltese Falcon

Well, I think we'd be better off all around if we put our cards on the table.

Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade)

#Honesty

#Negotiation

#Trust

Jul

2018

Don't be a sap

From: The Maltese Falcon

Aw, don't be a sap.

Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade)

#Frustration

#Slang

Jul

2018

Bright Idea

From: The Maltese Falcon

Who put that bright idea in your head?

Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade)

#Ideas

#Condescension

#Intelligence

Aug

2011

You're a close-mouth man? –No, I like to talk. –Better and better. I distrust a close-mouth man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.

Sydney Greenstreet (Kasper Gutman) | Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade)

File Updated: 2018-07-01

#Trust

#Talking

Aug

2011

High-handed

From: The Maltese Falcon

You're absolutely the wildest, most-unpredictable person I've ever known. Do you always carry on so high-handed?

Mary Astor (Brigid O'Shaughnessy)

File Updated: 2018-06-30

#Unpredictable

#Attitude

#Condescension

Jul

2010

Looking after himself

From: The Maltese Falcon

I do like a man who tells you right out he's looking after himself. Don't we all? I don't trust a man who says he's not.

Sydney Greenstreet (Kasper Gutman)

File Updated: 2018-07-01

#Attitude

#Trust

Jul

2010

The stuff that dreams are made of

From: The Maltese Falcon

What is it? –The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.

Ward Bond (Det. Tom Polhaus) | Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade)

File Updated: 2018-07-01

#Philosophy

#Dreams

#AFI Top 100 Quotes

Apr

2010

Fool questions

From: The Maltese Falcon

Haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning, asking a lot of fool questions. –And getting a lot of lyin' answers.