Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn (Warsaw, Poland, July, 1882 (some sources say 17 August 1882, others 1879) – January 31 1974, Los Angeles, California) was a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios.
23 Quotes
That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.
— Samuel Goldwyn
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I read part of it all the way through.
— Samuel Goldwyn
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.
— Samuel Goldwyn
A Hospital is no place to be sick.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
— Samuel Goldwyn
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
— Samuel Goldwyn
The harder I work the luckier I get.
— Samuel Goldwyn
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.
— Samuel Goldwyn
Why should people pay good money to go out and see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing?
— Samuel Goldwyn
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
— Samuel Goldwyn
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
— Samuel Goldwyn
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
— Samuel Goldwyn
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.
— Samuel Goldwyn
God makes stars. I just produce them.
— Samuel Goldwyn
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
— Samuel Goldwyn
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
— Samuel Goldwyn
I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
— Samuel Goldwyn
Include me out.
— Samuel Goldwyn