1882-1974, American Film Producer, Founder, MGM
A Hospital is no place to be sick.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Hospitals]
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Agreement]
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Movies]
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Psychiatry]
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Success]
God makes stars. I just produce them.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Stardom]
I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Autobiography]
I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Truth]
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Ideas]
I hate a man who always says ''yes'' to me. When I say ''no'' I like a man who also says ''no.''
Samuel Goldwyn – [Hollywood]
I read part of it all the way through.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Books and Reading]
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 – [Luck]
I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Truth]
I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Loyalty]
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Thoughts and Thinking]
Include me out.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Unity]
Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Cinema]
That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Advertising]
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Ingratitude]
The harder I work the luckier I get.
Samuel Goldwyn – [Luck]