Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girls clothes off. – Raymond Chandler
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler
I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability. – 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