Samuel Goldwyn

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

[ When urged to write his autobiography :] Oh no. I can’t do that—not until long after I’m dead.

[ Of films with “messages” :] Messages are for Western Union.

I’ll give you a definite maybe.

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

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

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

Let's have some new clichés.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it...

I read part of it all the way through.

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

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing.

I don’t think anyone should write his autobiography until after he is dead.

Never let that son of a bitch in the studio again—until we need him.

The reason why so many people showed up at his [Louis B. Mayer’s] funeral was because they wanted to make sure he was dead.

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

If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.

I don't want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.

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

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

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

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.

That’s the way with these directors, they’re always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it is written on.

Gentlemen, include me out.