A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
– Samuel Goldwyn
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Don't pay any attention to the critics-don't even ignore them.
– Samuel Goldwyn
For your information, I would like to ask a question.
– Samuel Goldwyn
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
– Samuel Goldwyn
God makes stars. I just produce them.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
– 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
I never liked you, and I always will.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I read part of it all the way through.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
– 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
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
– Samuel Goldwyn
If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
– Samuel Goldwyn
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
– Samuel Goldwyn
If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.
– Samuel Goldwyn
If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Ill give you a definite maybe.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Include me out.
– Samuel Goldwyn
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Let's have some new cliches.
– Samuel Goldwyn
No agency is better than its account executives.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Television has raised writing to a new low.
– Samuel Goldwyn
That is the kind of ad I like. Facts, facts, facts.
– Samuel Goldwyn
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
– Samuel Goldwyn
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
– Samuel Goldwyn
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
– Samuel Goldwyn
The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
– Samuel Goldwyn
This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
– Samuel Goldwyn
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
– Samuel Goldwyn
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
– Samuel Goldwyn
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Why only 12? Go out and get thousands.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
– Samuel Goldwyn
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
– Samuel Goldwyn
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
– Samuel Goldwyn
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
– Samuel Goldwyn
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.