Quotes from Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man

...I guess I can put two and two together.""Sometimes the answer's four, " I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two...

Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling.""I didn't mean no harm, " I said and kissed her. "That a new dress?""Ah! Changing the subject, you coward.