Quotes by Chandler, Raymond

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let >>

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he i >>

There is something about the literary life that repels me, all this de >>

Quotations about Agents

If God had an agent, the world wouldn't be built yet. It'd only be abo >>

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent. >>

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one p >>

Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always seems one too many, his profit looks too easy, and even when you admit that he has a necessary function, you feel that this function is, as it were, a personification of something that in an ethical society would not need to exist. If people could deal with one another honestly, they would not need agents.

Chandler, Raymond