Damon Runyon Quotes

#1. City Action. Al is a true Damon Runyon character

Donald J. Trump

#2. A free-loader is a confirmed guest. He is the man who is always willing to come to dinner.

Damon Runyon

#3. Cat food. It stinks a bit, but if you don't put up with the smell, the little kitten will die.

Karl Pilkington

#4. Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long time to see the world as I want it without constantly looking for approval. I still fall, but I'm better suited for survival.

Damon Runyon

#5. She has a laugh so hearty it knocks the whipped cream off an order of strawberry shortcake on a table fifty feet away.

Damon Runyon

#6. The world is always full of promise.

Iris Apfel

#7. And yet for that, blood is thicker than water, even if the only thing you've shared with your people have been hardships and miseries.

Maria Duenas

#8. Americans stick their nose where it doesn't belong more than Cyrano de Bergerac giving head.

Dennis Miller

#9. If you don't have a definite call to stay here, you are called to go.

Keith Green

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

Damon Runyon

#11. I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes

Tenzin Palmo

#12. He hardest obstacle for me has been to find a father. I am the product of three fathers, and my connection to each of them has left me wanting. Each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but I've always been in competition with them in some way.

Damon Runyon

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

Damon Runyon

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Jon Oringer

#15. She felt him pull her to him. His voice, acidic and sharp, buzzed in her ear. Soon ... I'll be all that's left.

Kelly Creagh

#16. If a cream can give you confidence then you really have to check your whole confidence department in the first place.

Freida Pinto

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

Damon Runyon

#18. This bird sees the white man come and the Indian withdraw, but it withdraws not. Its untamed voice is still heard above the tinkling of the forge ... It remains to remind us of aboriginal nature.

Henry David Thoreau

#19. I'm inspired by love, by the moments that we commit to something with all our heart - be it a person, a project, an animal, anything really. It's undeniably inspiring, that acknowledgment of existence, that I love, that I care. That fills me with purpose.

Damon Runyon

#20. He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted.

Damon Runyon

#21. He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart.

Damon Runyon

#22. In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power of propaganda.

Damon Runyon

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

Damon Runyon

#24. Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that came from who knows where was the only sign, the only beacon that kept residents and strangers from getting lost.

Roberto Bolano

#25. I think the animation helps divorce the violence from reality. The sex certainly doesn't look all that realistic. I think the fact that it's animated, we get some leeway because of that.

Adam Reed

#26. Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.

Paramahansa Yogananda

#27. In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

Damon Runyon

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

Damon Runyon

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

Damon Runyon

#30. Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid.

Damon Runyon

#31. 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.

Damon Runyon

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

Damon Runyon