Quotes By Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

Include me out.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

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

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.

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

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

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

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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