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Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the very thing he had so often agreed with himself in thinking would be the most foolish thing in the world; and had met with exactly the consequences which, in these wise moods, he had always foretold were certain to follow, if he ever did make such a fool of himself.

He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.

He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating.

He is lofty, and I am eminent.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it. I don't understand all that name changing business anyway... No, he felt that Lauren Bacall was better sounding than Betty Bacall. He had a vision of his own. He was a svengali. He wanted to mold me. He wanted to control me. And he did until Mr. Bogart got involved.

Her only flair is in her nostrils.

He's one of the biggest whingers in world football... he's a bloody eejit.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

Hitchcock used to believe that if there were three or four memorable scenes in a film that would be enough to drive it, but I don't know if that's true or not.

His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?

Hostility towards China distorted Australia's international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a quarter century of constructive bipartisan relations with our region and the world, unmatched in Australian history.

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart. My songs bring images to the listener's mind. The object is to transport my listeners to another place, some place sacred and spiritual that will make them glad they took the ride.

How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships.

How use doth breed a habit in a man.

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then dont get crazy, see what happens.

I am not a wealthy woman. I wish to hell I was, but I never had a wealthy man.

I am not an artist, and I never intended to be one. I hope I have made some good photographs, but what I really hope is that I have done some good photo stories with memorable images that make a point, and, perhaps, even make a difference.

I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.

I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.

I am wealthy in my friends.

I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.

I'd have to say that "Mr. Crowley" in my most memorable solo... I had spent hours trying to figure out a solo for the song ... Ozzy came in and said "it's crap - everything you're playing is crap" .. he told me to get in there and just play how I felt. He made me really nervous, so I just played anything. When I came back to listen to it, he said it was great.

I believe that the best measure of whether a nation is going to be successful is whether they are tapping the talents of their women.

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.

I didn’t look to the shore much after this first long and memorable glimpse. I looked up at Heaven and her court of mythical creatures fixed forever in the all powerful and inscrutable stars. Ink black was the night beyond them, and they so like jewels that old poetry came back to me, the sound even of hymns sung only by men.

I didn't write my speech until the night before, and even then I refused to write it out like I would say it, preferring to keep cribbed notes I could come back to if necessary. I wanted this to feel like a conversation because it was what I wanted to say that mattered, not how it looked on paper.

I'd like to think I'm a little more memorable or specific now. People laugh at me in a way they wouldn't laugh at another comedian, rather than being like, "Okay, who's the next joke-slinger? Give me some jokes so I may laugh and go about my day!

I'd like to keep doing film and TV, and I definitely can appreciate a good theme song. If it's memorable, that's a great thing.

I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave the impression that Marilyn Monroe did, to be able to arouse so many different feelings in people.

I don't mind being miserable as long as I'm painting well.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?

I don't sleep with happily married men.

I fairly often have thought how lucky I was. I knew everybody because I was married to Bogie, and that 25-year difference was the most fantastic thing for me to have in my life.

I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in.

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.

If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

I feel like a million tonight - but one at a time.