Quote by Raymond Chandler
The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business. – Raymond Chandler

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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

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Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. – 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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