Quote by Raymond Chandler
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. – Raymond Chandler

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Hair
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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

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Love
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Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur. – Raymond Chandler

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Hollywood
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Other Quotes from
Intelligence
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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you. – Wayne Dyer

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Intelligence

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic. – Andrew Eldritch

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Intelligence

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. – Leonard Boswell

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Intelligence

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. – Bertrand Russell

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Intelligence

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The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are of the essence of our universe and alone hold it together. – Havelock Ellis

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The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow. – Ray Liotta

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Titles of Books.—Decoys to catch purchasers. – Paul Chatfield

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