Famous Damon Runyon Quotations

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"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."
by Damon Runyon
"I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against."
by Damon Runyon
"It may not be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet."
by Damon Runyon
"The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet."
by Damon Runyon
"I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against."
by Damon Runyon
"My boy ... always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you."
by Damon Runyon


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