Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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

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

Be drug-free and smoke some crack.

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

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

God makes stars. I just produce them.

What we need now is some new, fresh clichés.

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

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

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

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

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

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

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.

Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.

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

I never liked you, and I always will.

The A-bomb is dynamite.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

Don't improve it into a flop!

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

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

Gentlemen, include me out.

I read part of it all the way through.

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

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

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

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

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

They stayed away in droves.

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

We have passed a lot of water since then.

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.

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

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

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

Never make forecasts, especially about future.

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

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

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

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

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