Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not doing my job, so I'm constantly failing. In fact, I'm trying to fail bigger. I try to focus on the positive, the moment, and try to realize where I'm at in an attempt to understand the failure.
Damon RunyonShe has a laugh so hearty it knocks the whipped cream off an order of strawberry shortcake on a table fifty feet away.
Damon RunyonThe race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
Damon RunyonIn 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 RunyonIf I have all the tears that are shed on Broadway by guys in love, I will have enough salt water to start an opposition ocean to the Atlantic and Pacific, with enough left over to run the Great Salt Lake out of business. But I wish to say I never shed any of these tears personally, because I am never in love, and furthermore, barring a bad break, I never expect to be in love, for the way I look at it love is strictly the old phedinkus, and I tell the little guy as much.
Damon Runyon