Quotes by Samuel Goldwyn - Page 3

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Autobiography
Book
Humorous
Witty
Anyone
Dead
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Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Gentleman
I Want You
Want
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My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Home
Caddies
Horse
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If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Business
Witty
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That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Biting
Golden
Gratitude
Lays
Witty
Egg
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Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Messages
Unions
Want
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I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Men
Hate
Hollywood
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Climax
Earthquakes
Stories
Want
Works
Earthquake
Story
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Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Bigs
Here I Am
Big Money
Writers
Paying
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Love
Success
Love Great Things
Love Success Great
Brings
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Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Art
Ninety
People
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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Death
Funeral
People
So Many People
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I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Children
Witty
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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.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Jobs
Business
Truth
Everybody
Job
Me Job Want
Me
Any
Around
Them
Costs
Even
Tell
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[when asked by his secretary if she should destroy all files that were over ten years old] Yes, but keep copies.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Copies
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I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Jobs
Men
People
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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 / Film Producer
Movie
Home
Movies
Stay Positive
Stay Strong
Television
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The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Choices
Race
Writing
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Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Accomplishment
Achievement
Keys
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Independent
Life Time Important
Producer
Vicariously
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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 / Film Producer
Opportunity
Chance
Men
Ability
Advantage
Luck
Thinking
Breaks
Chances
Gets
Grab
Recognize
Sense
Take Advantage
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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.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Funny
Long
Witty
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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.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Opportunity
People
Waiting
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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 / Film Producer
Oscars
Nominee
Rival
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Having integrity...means being completely true to what is inside you - to what you know is right...what you feel you must do, regardless of the immediate cost of sacrifice...to be honorable and to behave decently.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Integrity
Mean
Sacrifice
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People always say to me, 'It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,' but I never knew anyone. I didn't even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.
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Movie Stars
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If a young man is going to get ahead, if he is going to reach the top, he must be all wrapped up in what he is doing. He has to give his job - whatever it is - not only his talent but every bit of his enthusiasm and devotion.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Jobs
Men
Giving
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The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
Samuel Goldwyn / Film Producer
Competitors
Roulette
Show Business
Stakes
Afford
Independents
Survive
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