Quotes by Damon Runyon

“Trust, but verify.”

“One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.”

“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but thats the way to bet.”

“I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.”

“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.”

“The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but thats how you bet”

“Much as he is opposed to law - breaking, he is not bigoted about it”

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

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

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

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 bums rush.

I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.

Much as he is opposed to lawbreaking he is not bigoted about it.

Damon Runyon. A day-coach boy in a parlor car seat.

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