34 Quotes by Damon Runyon

I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.

New York is the place where everyone will stop a championship fight to look at an usher giving a drunk the bum's rush.

It seems that Good Time Charley always keeps a stock of rock candy and rye whisky on hand for touches of the grippe, and he gives me a few doses immediately, and in fact Charley takes a few doses with me, as he says there is no telling but what I am scattering germs of my touch of the grippe all around the joint, and he must safe-guard his health.

You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year.

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper.

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.

The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet.