quote

Dashiell Hammett > Quotes > Quotable Quote

Dashiell Hammett
“When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere.
Sam Spade”
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
tags: loyalty


Twitter_icon

Like

Friends Who Like This Quote


To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

2 people added it
All Members Who Like This Quote


All Quotes | My Quotes | Add A Quote

Play The 'Guess That Quote' Game

This Quote Is From

The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
15,839 ratings, average rating, 1,164 reviews
buy a copy


Browse By Tag


humor (11674)
love (10349)
inspirational (9411)
life (7964)
funny (2718)
writing (2652)
death (2342)
truth (2106)
religion (2072)
philosophy (1877)
romance (1858)
poetry (1849)
god (1758)
books (1693)
wisdom (1499)
politics (1351)
science (1266)
music (1213)
art (1208)
humour (1195)
happiness (1155)
women (1134)
reading (1126)
war (1113)
friendship (1030)
inspiration (1007)
faith (998)
kindlehighlight (976)
relationships (971)
freedom (901)

More...