Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

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

Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.

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

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

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

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

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

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.

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

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

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.

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

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

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

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

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

Never make forecasts, especially about future.