Samuel goldwyn quotes

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

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

I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story.

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

Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.

The A-bomb is dynamite.

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn't go.

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

"Yes, but that's our strongest weak point."

Let's have some new cliches.

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

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

Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile.

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

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

You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.

Having integrity...means being completely true to what is inside you - to what you know is right...what you feel you must do, regardless of the immediate cost of sacrifice...to be honorable and to behave decently.

He treats me like the dirt under my feet.

The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.

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

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

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

My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.

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

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

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

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

What we need now is some new, fresh clichés.

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

Never make forecasts, especially about future.

There is a statue of limitation.

Tell them to stand closer apart.

Don't let your opinion sway your judgment.

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

Chaplin is no business man - all he knows is that he can't take anything less.

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

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

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

We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.

What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality.

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

They stayed away in droves.

Don't improve it into a flop!

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

This book has too much plot and not enough story.

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

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

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

I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.

This makes me so sore it gets my dandruff up.

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

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

Destroy the old files, but make copies first.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

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

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

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

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

Ill give you a definite maybe.

Gentlemen, include me out.

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

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

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.

Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

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

I'm living beyond my means, but I can afford it.

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

[when asked by his secretary if she should destroy all files that were over ten years old] Yes, but keep copies.

Forecasts are difficult to make-particularly those about the future.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

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

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

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

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

I read part of it all the way through.

Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm disagreeable.

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.

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

Television has raised writing to a new low.

When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.

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

I paid too much for it, but it's worth it.

I never liked you, and I always will.

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

I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it.

God makes stars. I just produce them.

I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot.

Be drug-free and smoke some crack.

If a young man is going to get ahead, if he is going to reach the top, he must be all wrapped up in what he is doing. He has to give his job - whatever it is - not only his talent but every bit of his enthusiasm and devotion.

The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.

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

True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.

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

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

Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.

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

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.

To hell with the cost, if it's a good story, I'll make it.

We have passed a lot of water since then.

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

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

You fail to overlook the crucial point.

Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.

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.

That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.

If I did that, I'd be sticking my head in a moose.

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

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

I have been laid up with intentional flu.

Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad.

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

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

In two words, impossible.

Keep a stiff upper chin.

A Hospital isn't any place to end up being sick.

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

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.