Quotes from The Thin Man (1934)

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William Powell
Nick Charles: Now how did you ever remember me?
Dorothy: Oh, you used to fascinate me. A real live detective. You used to tell me the most wonderful stories. Were they true?
Nick Charles: Probably not.
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nick Charles: Now my friends, if I may propose a little toast. Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Nora Charles: You give such charming parties, Mr. Charles.
Nick Charles: Thank you, Mrs. Charles.
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

Myrna Loy
Nick Charles: Oh, it's all right, Joe. It's all right. It's my dog. And, uh, my wife.
Nora Charles: Well you might have mentioned me first on the billing.
- Myrna Loy (as Nora Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nick Charles: The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nick Charles: The murderer is right in this room. Sitting at this table. You may serve the fish.
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nora Charles: [after Nick gets shot at] Do you want a drink?
Nick Charles: What do you think?
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nora Charles: [after the doorbell rings on Christmas Eve] Who's that?
Nick Charles: It's probably Santa Claus.
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nora Charles: [suffering from a hang-over] What hit me?
Nick Charles: The last martini.
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

Myrna Loy
Nora Charles: [to Asta, as Nick and Asta are going out on a case] If you let anything happen to him, you'll never wag that tail again.
- Myrna Loy (as Nora Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

William Powell
Nora Charles: All right! Go ahead! Go on! See if I care! But I thinks it's a dirty trick to bring me all the way to New York just to make a widow of me.
Nick Charles: You wouldn't be a widow long.
Nora Charles: You bet I wouldn't!
Nick Charles: Not with all your money...
- William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man (1934)

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