--- title: "18 Way Quotes By Raymond Chandler" description: "18 Way quotes by Raymond Chandler. Plus more from Raymond Chandler and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/raymond-chandler-629_clear_it-was-a-cool-day-and-very-clear-you-cou_2189286.jpg" --- > [It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/it-was-a-cool-day-and-very-clear-you-could-see-a-long-way-but-not-as/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/raymond-chandler-629_clear_it-was-a-cool-day-and-very-clear-you-cou_2189286.jpg) > [She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/she-smelled-the-way-the-taj-mahal-looks-by-moonlight/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/raymond-chandler-629_looks_she-smelled-the-way-the-taj-mahal-looks_360881.jpg) > [It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/it-is-pretty-obvious-that-the-debasement-of-the-human-mind-caused-by/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/raymond-chandler-629_advertising_it-is-pretty-obvious-that-the-debasement_2238227.jpg) > [ The growth of populations has in no way increased the amount \[of art\], it has merely increased the adeptness with which substitutes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-growth-of-populations-has-in-no-way-increased-the-amount-of-art/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raymond-chandler-629_amount_the-growth-of-populations-has-in-no-way_173507.jpg) > [The best way to find out if you have any friends is to go broke. The ones that hang on longest are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-best-way-to-find-out-if-you-have-any-friends-is-to-go-broke-the/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/raymond-chandler-629_best-way_the-best-way-to-find-out-if-you-have-any_1401452.jpg) > [There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/there-are-two-kinds-of-truth-the-truth-that-lights-the-way-and-the-3/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/raymond-chandler-629_art_there-are-two-kinds-of-truth-the-truth-t_2955732.jpg) > [Above all never forget that a marriage is in one way very much like a newspaper. It has to be made fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/above-all-never-forget-that-a-marriage-is-in-one-way-very-much-like-a/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/raymond-chandler-629_damn_above-all-never-forget-that-a-marriage-i_2150200.jpg) > [Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/neither-of-the-two-people-in-the-room-paid-any-attention-to-the-way-i/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/raymond-chandler-629_attention_neither-of-the-two-people-in-the-room-pa_1160604.jpg) > [James Cain - faugh! Everything he touches smells like a billygoat. He is every kind of writer I detest, a faux naix,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/james-cain-faugh-everything-he-touches-smells-like-a-billygoat-he-is-2/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/raymond-chandler-629_boards_james-cain-faugh-everything-he-touches-s_1690639.jpg) > [“I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/i-have-a-sense-of-exile-from-thought-a-nostalgia-of-the-quiet-room/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/raymond-chandler-629_balanced_i-have-a-sense-of-exile-from-thought-a-n_581980.jpg) > [There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks… Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/there-ain-t-no-clean-way-to-make-a-hundred-million-bucks-somewhere/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/raymond-chandler-629_bigs_there-ain-t-no-clean-way-to-make-a-hundr_3050445.jpg) > [There's always something to do if you don't have to work or consider the cost. It's no real fun but the rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/there-s-always-something-to-do-if-you-don-t-have-to-work-or-consider/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/raymond-chandler-629_consider_there-s-always-something-to-do-if-you-do_2529655.jpg) > [There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/there-are-two-kinds-of-truth-the-truth-that-lights-the-way-and-the-2/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/raymond-chandler-629_art_there-are-two-kinds-of-truth-the-truth-t_862094.jpg) > [The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-most-durable-thing-in-writing-is-style-and-style-is-the-most/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/raymond-chandler-629_agents_the-most-durable-thing-in-writing-is-sty_602885.jpg) > [Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/would-you-convey-my-compliments-to-the-purist-who-reads-your-proofs/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/raymond-chandler-629_bars_would-you-convey-my-compliments-to-the-p_2532394.jpg) > [Until you guys own your own souls you don't own mine. Until you guys can be trusted every time and always, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/until-you-guys-own-your-own-souls-you-don-t-own-mine-until-you-guys/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/raymond-chandler-629_all-time_until-you-guys-own-your-own-souls-you-do_971812.jpg) > [The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-motion-picture-is-like-a-picture-of-a-lady-in-a-half-piece/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/raymond-chandler-629_audience_the-motion-picture-is-like-a-picture-of_3066412.jpg) > [The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-average-detective-story-is-probably-no-worse-than-the-average/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/raymond-chandler-629_above-average_the-average-detective-story-is-probably_642760.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Raymond Chandler > [Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/television-s-perfect-you-turn-a-few-knobs-a-few-of-those-mechanical/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/there-is-no-trap-so-deadly-as-the-trap-you-set-for-yourself/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/common-sense-is-the-guy-who-tells-you-that-you-ought-to-have-had-your/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [ “Hammett was the ace performer... He is said to have lacked heart; yet the story he himself thought the most of \[The Glass Key\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/hammett-was-the-ace-performer-he-is-said-to-have-lacked-heart-yet-the/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/she-jerked-away-from-me-like-a-startled-fawn-might-if-i-had-a/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/a-good-story-cannot-be-devised-it-has-to-be-distilled/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [Dashiell Hammett took murder out of theVenetian vase and dropped it into the alley.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/dashiell-hammett-took-murder-out-of-thevenetian-vase-and-dropped-it/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [ “He \[James Cain\] is every kind of writer I detest...a Proust in greasy overalls, a dirty little boy with a piece of chalk and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/he-james-cain-is-every-kind-of-writer-i-detest-a-proust-in-greasy/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/it-was-a-blonde-a-blonde-to-make-a-bishop-kick-a-hole-in-a-stained/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [“I had been stalking the bluebottle fly for five minutes, waiting for him to sit down. He didn't want to sit down. He just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/i-had-been-stalking-the-bluebottle-fly-for-five-minutes-waiting-for/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [“A three-piece Mexican band was making the kind of music a Mexican band always makes. Whatever they play, it all sounds the same. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/a-three-piece-mexican-band-was-making-the-kind-of-music-a-mexican/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [Mostly I just kill time," he said, "and it dies hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/mostly-i-just-kill-time-he-said-and-it-dies-hard/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [“The book was not new. Dates were stamped on the front endpaper, in and out dates. A rent book. A lending library of elaborate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-book-was-not-new-dates-were-stamped-on-the-front-endpaper-in-and/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/without-magic-there-is-no-art-without-art-there-is-no-idealism/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) > [“The homicide skipper that year was a Captain Gregorius, a type of copper that is getting rarer but by no means extinct, the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-homicide-skipper-that-year-was-a-captain-gregorius-a-type-of/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/raymond-chandler/#itemlist", "name": "18 Way Quotes By Raymond Chandler", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a cool day and very clear. 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