Time. Time. What is time?

Time. Time. What is time?
The Swiss manufacture it. The French hoard it.
The Italians squander it. Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. You know what I say? I say time is a crook.

From: Beat the Devil a 1953 film directed by John Huston and co-authored by Huston and Truman Capote

— Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep)

"I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter nights."