Quote by Raymond Chandler
The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder

The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to get very cute with; the one that really bothers them is the murder somebody only thought of two minutes before he pulled it off. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Cats
Read Quote

Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Cats
Read Quote

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
power
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Murder
category

Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder. – Octave Mirbeau

Category:
Murder

Murderers are not monsters, theyre men. And thats the most frightening thing about them. – Alice Sebold

Category:
Murder

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion. – Albert Camus

Category:
Murder

I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men. – Euripides

Category:
Murder

Random Quotes

People criticized me for my photography. They said its not art. – David Hockney

Category:
Art

The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. – William Hague

Category:
power

The woman who appeals to a mans vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him. – Helen Rowland

Category:
Imagination

No matter what youre going through, theres a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and youll find the positive side of things. – Demi Lovato

Category:
positive