Samuel Goldwyn Quotes

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.

My wife's hands are very beautiful. I'm going to have a bust made of them.

This book has too much plot and not enough story.

For your information, I would like to ask a question.

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

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

I'm living beyond my means, but I can afford it.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.

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.

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

Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.

Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

You fail to overlook the crucial point.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

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

My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

Please write music like Wagner, only louder.

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

Some who are not paid what they are worth ought to be glad.

What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality.

Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.

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

I paid too much for it, but it's worth it.

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

Be drug-free and smoke some crack.

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

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

You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.

The A-bomb is dynamite.

It's more than magnificent; it's mediocre.

Don't improve it into a flop!

"Yes, but that's our strongest weak point."

I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it.

Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.

That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.

Chaplin is no business man - all he knows is that he can't take anything less.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

Chaplin is no businessman

Forecasts are difficult to make-particularly those about the future.

I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot.

Never make forecasts, especially about future.

We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.

I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.

If I did that, I'd be sticking my head in a moose.

Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm disagreeable.

We have passed a lot of water since then.

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans. The harder I work, the luckier I get.