A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

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

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

God makes stars. I just produce them.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

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

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

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

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

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

I read part of it all the way through.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

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 Quote

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

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

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Ill give you a definite maybe.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Let's have some new cliches.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Modern dancing is old fashioned.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Spare no expense to save money on this one.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

The harder I work, the luckier I get.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

Too caustic? To hell with the cost. If it's a good picture, we'll make it.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
- Samuel Goldwyn Quote

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 Quote