Dashiell Hammett Quotes

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

Dashiell Hammett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961

Topics

WoodsBetterSometimesSoundPretend

What you haven't seen from me are false attacks.

Joe Garcia

MeYouFalseSeenAttacks

Physical books are still my favorite, but I own an e-book reader. They're convenient for travel.

Jesmyn Ward

TravelOwnFavoriteBooksStill

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.

Andrew Motion

PoetryNameYouWantKindWay

I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album.

Melissa Joan Hart

SingingNewHerBackgroundSongs

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

Matthew Macfadyen

CharacterRomanticFeelActorMore

I've given myself permission to say whatever's on my mind when I'm on stage.

Andy Kindler

MyselfMindSayStageWhatever

I remember, as I was hovering around 40, I thought each movie would be my last, really.

Meryl Streep

ThoughtRememberLastWouldMovie

I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable?

Ana Castillo

SocietyAestheticYouWhiteWant

On 'True Blood,' the character's name is Sookie Stackhouse, and my name is Suki Waterhouse. So, I get people saying, 'Oh, I thought we were meeting the girl from True Blood.'

Suki Waterhouse

GirlCharacterPeopleSayingThought

Do I make mistakes? Yeah.

Tom Cruise

MistakesMakeYeah

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world.

Robert Caro

WorldDoorsYouDownLightsStreet

Economic growth driven by large-scale infrastructure investments without equitable provision of education will leave hundreds of millions of people behind, exacerbating inequality, disillusion, and instability.

Julia Gillard

EducationGrowthPeopleInequality

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