Quotes from The Big Sleep (1946)

Philip Marlowe: Oh, Eddie, you don't have anybody watching me, do you? Tailing me in a gray Plymouth coupe, maybe? Eddie Mars: No, why should I? Philip Marlowe: Well, I can't imagine, unless you're worried about where I am all the time. Eddie Mars: I don't like you that well. - John Ridgely (as Eddie Mars) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Philip Marlowe: She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Philip Marlowe: Somebody's always giving me guns. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Philip Marlowe: Thanks for the drink, General. General Sternwood: I enjoyed your drink as much as you did, sir. - Charles Waldron (as General Sternwood) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Philip Marlowe: You the guy that's been tailing me? Harry Jones: Yeah, the name's Jones. Harry Jones. I want to see you. Philip Marlowe: Swell. Did you want to see those guys jump me? Harry Jones: I didn't care one way or the other. Philip Marlowe: You could've yelled for help. Harry Jones: If a guy's playing a hand, I let him play it. I'm no kibitzer. Philip Marlowe: You got brains - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Philip Marlowe: You wanna tell me now? Vivian: Tell you what? Philip Marlowe: What it is you're trying to find out. You know, it's a funny thing. You're trying to find out what your father hired me to find out, and I'm trying to find out why you want to find out. Vivian: You could go on forever, couldn't you? Anyway it'll give us something to talk about next time we meet. Philip Marlowe: Among other things. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Carmen Sternwood: Is he as cute as you are? Philip Marlowe: Nobody is. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Carmen Sternwood: You're cute. Philip Marlowe: I'm getting cuter every minute. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Carmen Sternwood: You're cute. I like you. Philip Marlowe: Yeah, what you sees nothing, I got a Balinese dancing girl tattooed across my chest. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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Carmen Sternwood: You're not very tall are you? Philip Marlowe: Well, I, uh, I try to be. - Humphrey Bogart (as Philip Marlowe) in The Big Sleep (1946)

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