Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

1882-1974, American Film Producer, Founder, MGM
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“Include me out.”
Unity
“A Hospital is no place to be sick.”
Hospitals
“The harder I work the luckier I get.”
Luck
“God makes stars. I just produce them.”
Stardom
“You've got to take the bitter with the sour.”
Pessimism
“A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.”
Movies
“That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.”
Advertising
“A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.”
MisattributedNot by Samuel Goldwyn. Earliest known source: Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician. · evidenceAgreement
“I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.”
Ideas
“Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.”
Psychiatry
“I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.”
Truth
“I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.”
Loyalty
“When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.”
Praise
“I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.”
Autobiography
“Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.”
Cinema
“That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.”
Ingratitude
“From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.”
Success
“I hate a man who always says ''yes'' to me. When I say ''no'' I like a man who also says ''no.''”
Hollywood
“I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.”
Truth
“Why should people pay good money to go out and see bad films when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing?”
Movies
“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.”
Luck