“How do you like your brandy, sir?” – Sternwood, The Big Sleep ... Movie Quotes Database

Sternwood

How do you like your brandy, sir?

Marlowe

In a glass.

Sternwood

I used to like mine with champagne. Champagne cold as Valley Forge and with about three ponies of brandy under it...I like to see people drink...You may take off your coat, sir...Too hot in here for any man who has any blood in his veins. You may smoke, too. I can still enjoy the smell of it. Nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.

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