Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Paper, Verbal, Written, Contract

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Admit, Never, Always, I May Not

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Egg, Director, Golden, Bites

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.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Chance, Think, I Think, Chances

The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Magic, Play, Show, Roulette

People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Hollywood, Away, Been, Chaplin

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Work, Get, Harder, Luckier

Let's have some new cliches.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Funny, New, Some, Cliches

I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Independent, Old, Always, Vicariously

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Positive, Happy, Will, Applaud

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Medical, Head, Psychiatrist, Examined

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Seeing, Screen, Belongs, Bedroom

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Egg, Always, Directors, Lays

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Music, Enough, Sarcasm

The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Work, Big, Everyone, Nominee

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Laughed, Our, Comedies

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Morning, Like, Idea, Monumental

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Want, Works, Climax, Earthquake

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Alive, Drop, Could, If I Could

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Reason, Sure, Turned, So Many People

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Work, Person, His, Enthusiastic

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Dying, More, His, Dull

No agency is better than its account executives.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Better, Executives, Agency, Account

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Movies, Give, Overnight, Give Me

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Intelligence, Give, Over, Give Me

A hospital is no place to be sick.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Medical, Place, Sick, Hospital

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Entertainment, Should, Messages

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Independent, Always, Even, Partners

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Hell, Costs, Too, Caustic

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Funny, Think, Anyone, Autobiography

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Big, Here, Big Money, Paying

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Alive, Over, His, Roosevelt

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Money, Expense, Save, Spare

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Want, Stop, Go, Picture

A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Dating, Single, Single Man, Bachelor

I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Never, Worn, Least, Pair

I can give you a definite perhaps.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Give, You, Definite, Perhaps

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Critics, Pay, Even, Attention

I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Grow, Hollywood, Left, Grow Up

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Efficiency, Take, Hundred, Loyalty

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Impossible, Possibilities, Absolutely

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Sour, Got, Take, Bitter

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Music, Like, Louder, Wagner

We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Him, Worth, He, Worth It

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Movies, Bad, Twice, Wide

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

- Samuel Goldwyn

I Am, Confused, Am, Because

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Love, Success, Lot, Brings

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Color, White, See, I See

God makes stars. I just produce them.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Stars, Makes, Them, Produce

Television has raised writing to a new low.

- Samuel Goldwyn

New, Television, Low, Raised

Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Career, Regrets, Some, My Own

It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.

- Samuel Goldwyn

More, Than, Magnificent, Mediocre

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Worry, Over, About, Shooting

Ill give you a definite maybe.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Give, Maybe, Definite, Ill

I never liked you, and I always will.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Funny, Never, Always, Liked

I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'

- Samuel Goldwyn

Me, Always, Like, Yes

Include me out.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Funny, Me, Out, Include

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

- Samuel Goldwyn

Want, Tell, Everybody, Costs

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Truth, Everyone, His, Costs

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Dancing, Old, Modern

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Go, Why, See, Movies

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?

- Samuel Goldwyn

Television, Bad, Films, Movies

I read part of it all the way through.

- Samuel Goldwyn

Through, Part, Read, Funny

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