Samuel Goldwyn
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
No agency is better than its account executives.
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
Modern dancing is old fashioned.
I can give you a definite perhaps.
I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
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.
Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.Collection: Art
Coffee isn't my cup of tea.Collection: Funny
Forecasts are difficult to make-particularly those about the future.Collection: Difficult
Don't let your opinion sway your judgment.Collection: Opinion
Gentlemen, include me out.Collection: Funny
If you don't dissagree with me, how will I know I'm right?Collection: Funny
I've gone where the hand of man has never set foot.Collection: Funny
In two words, impossible.Collection: Funny
I'm living beyond my means, but I can afford it.Collection: Mean
Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.Collection: Funny
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.Collection: Opportunity
If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.Collection: Funny
I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP.Collection: Funny
My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.Collection: Horse
They stayed away in droves.Collection: Funny
This book has too much plot and not enough story.Collection: Funny
Be drug-free and smoke some crack.Collection: Drug
We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.Collection: Funny
I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.Collection: Hate
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.Collection: Jobs
We have passed a lot of water since then.Collection: Water
Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.Collection: Unions
The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.Collection: Writing
To hell with the cost, if it's a good story, I'll make it.Collection: Funny
[when asked by his secretary if she should destroy all files that were over ten years old] Yes, but keep copies.Collection: Funny
It's more than magnificent; it's mediocre.Collection: Mediocre
You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.Collection: Home
Don't improve it into a flop!Collection: Funny
The A-bomb is dynamite.Collection: Bombs
There is a statue of limitation.Collection: Funny
My wife's hands are very beautiful. I'm going to have a bust made of them.Collection: Beautiful
Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile.Collection: Keys
It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowersCollection: Country
Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn't go.Collection: Funny
When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.Collection: Scripts
Keep a stiff upper chin.Collection: Funny