Damon Runyon - biography

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

“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.”

“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 is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.”

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

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

Damon Runyon contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Lady for a Day (1933)
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
Hold ’Em Yale (1935)
Princess O’Hara (1935)
Professional Soldier (1935)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Straight Place and Show (1938)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
The Big Street (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
It Ain’t Hay (1943)
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Money from Home (1953)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
Little Miss Marker (1980)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Ji ji (1989)