Quotes by Goldwyn, Samuel

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on advertising   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on agreement   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on hollywood   

"A Hospital is no place to be sick."

Goldwyn, Samuel on hospitals   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on ideas   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on ingratitude   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on loyalty   

"The harder I work the luckier I get."

Goldwyn, Samuel on luck
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"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."

Goldwyn, Samuel on luck   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on movies   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on movies   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on pessimism   

"I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead."

Goldwyn, Samuel on autobiography   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on praise   

"Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined."

Goldwyn, Samuel on psychiatry   

"God makes stars. I just produce them."

Goldwyn, Samuel on stardom   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on success   

"I read part of it all the way through."

Goldwyn, Samuel on books - reading   

"If I look confused it is because I am thinking."

Goldwyn, Samuel on thoughts and thinking
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"I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job."

Goldwyn, Samuel on truth   

"I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs."

Goldwyn, Samuel on truth   

"Include me out."

Goldwyn, Samuel on unity   

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

Goldwyn, Samuel on cinema