Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.

We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

I have been laid up with intentional flu.

God makes stars. I just produce them.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Ill give you a definite maybe.

In two words, impossible.

Can she sing? She's practically a Florence Nightingale.

If you don't dissagree with me, how will I know I'm right?

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowers

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.

In picture-making the writer is the most important cog in the wheel.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

I never liked you, and I always will.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

Don't let your opinion sway your judgment.

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

Tell them to stand closer apart.

There is a statue of limitation.

They stayed away in droves.

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

Don't pay any attention to the critics; don't even ignore them.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.

I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP.

The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.

For your information, I would like to ask a question.

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

Let's have some new cliches.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

My wife's hands are very beautiful. I'm going to have a bust made of them.

This book has too much plot and not enough story.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.