Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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Samuel Goldwyn

Profession : Producer

Birth : August 17, 1882

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

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

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

Samuel Goldwyn

Include me out.

Samuel Goldwyn

I read part of it all the way through.

Samuel Goldwyn

Let's have some new cliches.

Samuel Goldwyn

I never liked you, and I always will.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

A hospital is no place to be sick.

Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn

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

Samuel Goldwyn