Samuel Goldwyn Quotes - BrainyQuote

American - Producer August 17, 1882 - January 31, 1974

The harder I work, the luckier I get. - Samuel Goldwyn

The harder I work, the luckier I get. Samuel Goldwyn

Work Get Luckier

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

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

Always I Am May

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

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

Positive Good People

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

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

Worth Paper Contract

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. - Samuel Goldwyn

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

Intelligence Stupid Day

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

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

Medical Man Psychiatrist

A hospital is no place to be sick. - Samuel Goldwyn

A hospital is no place to be sick. Samuel Goldwyn

Medical Hospital Sick

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

Include me out. - Samuel Goldwyn

Include me out. Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

Life Dating Man

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

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

Loyalty Efficiency Take

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

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

Success Movies Me

If I look confused it is because I am thinking. - Samuel Goldwyn

If I look confused it is because I am thinking. Samuel Goldwyn

Thinking I Am Look

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

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

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

Ignore Attention Pay

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

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

Believe Black And White Black

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

Entertainment Union Should

Ill give you a definite maybe. - Samuel Goldwyn

Ill give you a definite maybe. Samuel Goldwyn

Maybe Give Definite

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

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

Funny Dead Autobiography

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. - Samuel Goldwyn

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

Movies Bad Twice

I read part of it all the way through. - Samuel Goldwyn

I read part of it all the way through. Samuel Goldwyn

Funny Way Through

Let's have some new cliches. - Samuel Goldwyn

Let's have some new cliches. Samuel Goldwyn

Funny New Cliches

I never liked you, and I always will. - Samuel Goldwyn

I never liked you, and I always will. Samuel Goldwyn

Funny Always Will

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

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

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

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

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

Movies Yourself Why

You've got to take the bitter with the sour. - Samuel Goldwyn

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

Take Bitter Got

Television has raised writing to a new low. - Samuel Goldwyn

Television has raised writing to a new low. Samuel Goldwyn

New Writing Television

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

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

Worth Worth It He

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

People Picture Nobody

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

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

Your Information Question

God makes stars. I just produce them. - Samuel Goldwyn

God makes stars. I just produce them. Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

Home Money Movies

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

Way Earthquake Story

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

Smile Chance Opportunity

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

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

Morning Like Had

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

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

More Mediocre Magnificent

Spare no expense to save money on this one. Samuel Goldwyn

Money Save Spare

Modern dancing is old fashioned. Samuel Goldwyn

Old Modern Dancing

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

People Dead Reason

Please write music like Wagner, only louder. - Samuel Goldwyn

Please write music like Wagner, only louder. Samuel Goldwyn

Music Only Like

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

Done Own My Own

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

Music Sarcasm Enough

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

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

Love Success Great

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

Today Alive Turn

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg. Samuel Goldwyn

Egg Golden Director

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

Always Stars Me

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

Shoes Never Pair

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

Smile Work Your

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

Hell Picture Make

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

Bedroom Seeing Seriously

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

Business Mistake Start

I can give you a definite perhaps. Samuel Goldwyn

I Can Perhaps Give

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

Life Dying Tell

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

Always Independent Even

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

War Worry Shooting

No agency is better than its account executives. Samuel Goldwyn

Better Agency Account

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

Change Money I Am

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

Life Time Always

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

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