Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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

A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.

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I never liked you, and I always will.

Samuel Goldwyn

Let's have some new cliches.

Samuel Goldwyn

Include me out.

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

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I read part of it all the way through.

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

Samuel Goldwyn

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

Samuel Goldwyn

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

Samuel Goldwyn

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.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

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The harder I work, the luckier I get.

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

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A hospital is no place to be sick.

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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

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

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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

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

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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.

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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