The Long Goodbye Quotes

Roger Wade I tell you what we're gonna do, Marlboro. You're gonna take that goddamn J.C. Penney tie off and we're gonna have an old fashioned man to man drinking party.

Philip Marlowe Well, that's okay but I'm not taking off the tie.

Roger Wade What'll you have?

Philip Marlowe What are you drinking?

Roger Wade What I'm drinking is called Aquavit.

Philip Marlowe I'm drinking what you're drinking.

Roger Wade Well God bless you. I like to hear that. People these days go, "Oh, I want a little of this. Oh, and a little of that and a twist of lemon." Balls!

Det. Green My, my, you are a pretty asshole.

Philip Marlowe Yeah, my mother always tells me that.

Philip Marlowe Nobody cares but me.

Terry Lennox Well that's you, Marlowe. You'll never learn, you're a born loser.

Philip Marlowe Yeah, I even lost my cat.

Roger Wade Do you ever think about suicide, Marlboro?

Philip Marlowe Me, I don't believe in it.

Marty Augustine Your friend was a murderer and a thief.

Philip Marlowe That's a lie. I know he didn't kill her.

Marty Augustine Let me tell you something else. It's a minor crime, to kill your wife. The major crime is that he stole my money. Your friend stole my money, and the penalty for that is capital punishment.

Dr. Verringer I apologize for this intrusion, Mrs. Wade, but your husband dislikes paying his bills. I'm sorry; in future I must refuse to accept him as a patient.

Philip Marlowe Well we don't accept you as a doctor, quack.

Marty Augustine Look at that face. Is that a face for a magazine cover? The profile. You're beautiful, and I love you. I sleep with a lot of women; I make love to you. The single most important person in my life, next to my family. Is that right, Pepe? Huh? Get her out of here! Now, that's someone I love! And you I don't even like! You got an assignment, cheapie: find my money!

Marty Augustine What's that?

Philip Marlowe A picture of ].

Marty Augustine It's a $5000 bill.

Philip Marlowe I know.

Marty Augustine Where'd you get this?

Philip Marlowe A box of crackerjacks, came as a prize.

Roger Wade You know, this son of a bitch - let me tell you one thing about this bastard. He is the epitome of what's wrong - with this world - he really is actually, cause he pretends to cure people. Can you cure people?

Philip Marlowe Excuse me, I don't see any Courry Brand cat food here.

Supermarket clerk Some what?

Philip Marlowe Some Courry Brand cat...

Supermarket clerk Could you spell that?

Philip Marlowe Courry Brand, C-O-U-R-R...

Supermarket clerk Oh, we're all out of that. Why don't you get this. All this shit is the same anyways.

Philip Marlowe You don't happen to have a cat by any chance?

Supermarket clerk What do I need a cat for, I've got a girl.

Philip Marlowe Ha, ha. He's got a girl, I got a cat.

Philip Marlowe Listen Harry, in case you lose me in traffic, this is the address where I'm going. You look great.

Harry Thank you.

Philip Marlowe I'd straighten your tie a little bit. Harry, I'm proud to have you following me.

Taglines Nothing says goodbye like a bullet.

Taglines I have two friends in the world. One is a cat. The other is a murderer.

Det. Green There he is, a real cutie pie.

Det. Farmer He's a smartass.

Det. Green That's what I meant.

Det. Farmer Why don't you learn to say what you mean?

Det. Green He's the cutie pie, you're the smartass, you little honky bastard.