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Samuel Goldwyn Art Quotes - (48 quotes)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Appreciation category:

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Audience category:

They stayed away in droves. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Books category:

I read part of it all the way through. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Business category:

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Choices category:

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)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Conviction category:

I can give you a definite perhaps. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Criticism category:

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)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Critics category:

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Editing category:

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

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Efficiency category:

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Ego category:

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

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Encouragement category:

Keep a stiff upper chin. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Enthusiasm category:

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Failure category:

You fail to overlook the crucial point. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Fashion category:

Modern dancing is old fashioned. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Finishing category:

Don't improve it into a flop! (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Genius category:

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Health category:

A hospital is no place to be sick. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Health category:

I have been laid up with intentional flu. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Humour category:

Our comedies are not to be laughed at. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Ideas category:

I had a great idea this morning, but I didn't like it. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Impossibilities category:

In two words, im possible. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Impossibilities category:

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Individuality category:

Include me out. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Life category:

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

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Limitations category:

There is a statue of limitation. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Listening category:

Gentlemen, listen to me slowly. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Mediocrity category:

It's more than magnificent – it's mediocre. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Memory category:

Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Models category:

Tell them to stand closer apart. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Money category:

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Music category:

Please write music like Wagner, only louder. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Opportunity category:

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)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Originality category:

What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Politics category:

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Production category:

God makes stars. I just produce them. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Questions category:

For your information, I would like to ask a question. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Seeing category:

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Success category:

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

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Suffering category:

You've got to take the bitter with the sour. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Technology category:

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

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Thinking category:

If I look confused it's because I'm thinking. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Time category:

We have all passed a lot of water since then. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Words category:

Let's have some new cliches. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Work category:

The harder I work the luckier I get. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Worry category:

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Worth category:

I paid too much for it, but it's worth it. (Samuel Goldwyn)

Samuel Goldwyn - From the Writing category:

Television has raised writing to a new low. (Samuel Goldwyn)



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