Quote by Raymond Chandler
Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang t

Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler

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The motion picture made in Hollywood, if it is to create art at all, must do so within such strangling limitations of subject and treatment that it is a blind wonder it ever achieves any distinction beyond the purely mechanical slickness of a glass and chromium bathroom. – Raymond Chandler

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The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler

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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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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp

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All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud

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If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. – Doug Larson

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Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities. – Alfred North Whitehead

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