The Maltese Falcon Quotes
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Source: The Maltese Falcon
Speaker: Sam Spade
You're good. You're very good.
Context
This line is spoken by Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart, in the movie The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston (1941).
The Maltese Falcon was THE detective movie that sparked the whole American film noir genre. You know those movies, right? The ones where some hardboiled, snappy-talking detecting gets down and dirty to solve a crime?
Well, look no further than this movie to find Sam Spade, the great-granddaddy of all the detectives that followed. This line is just one of his many witty one-liners—which as we all know are absolutely necessary if you want to look cool when solving a crime.
Where you've heard it
Maybe you heard it from Robert DeNiro when you watched Analyze This. If not, clicking here will fill that hole in your life.
It's entirely possible that you also saw the quote as used in this vintage dictionary page art. Well, if you're into vintage dictionary page art at least.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Quoting famous Bogey lines isn't the most pretentious thing you can do, but it's not the least pretentious thing either. And Sam Spade will be cool until the end of time.