Quotes By Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

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

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

I can give you a definite perhaps.

I never liked you, and I always will.

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

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

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

Let's have some new cliches.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

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

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

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

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

No agency is better than its account executives.

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