Quotes from Samuel Goldwyn

Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.

The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.

The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.

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

I have been laid up with intentional flu.

Can she sing? She's practically a Florence Nightingale.

In two words, impossible.

If you don't dissagree with me, how will I know I'm right?

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

Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.

I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP.

They stayed away in droves.

There is a statue of limitation.

We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.

Gentlemen, include me out.

This book has too much plot and not enough story.

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

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

True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.

Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.