Quotes from Samuel Goldwyn

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

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

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

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

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

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

A verbal contract is worth about as much as the paper it's written on.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

I read part of it all the way through.

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

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead

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

Coffee is not my cup of tea

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Every one has bad breaks, but every one also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

I have been laid up with intentional flu.

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

Television has raised writing to a new low.

If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.

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

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

Let's have some new cliches.

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

No person who is enthusiastic about her work has anything to fear from life.