Top 100 Samuel Goldwyn Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

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2. “I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

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3. “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

4. “If I look confused it is because I am thinking.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

5. “They stayed away in droves.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

6. “Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

7. “A Hospital is no place to be sick.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

8. “Forecasts are difficult to make-particularly those about the future.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

9. “Just because I disagree with you doesn’t mean I’m disagreeable...”

— Samuel Goldwyn

10. “A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

11. “It’s absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

12. “Ill give you a definite maybe.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

13. “If you don’t dissagree with me, how will I know I’m right?”

— Samuel Goldwyn

14. “Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

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

— Samuel Goldwyn

16. “I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

17. “Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

18. “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

19. “A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

20. “I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Every one has bad breaks, but every one also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

21. “Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

22. “We have passed a lot of water since then.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

23. “Be drug-free and smoke some crack.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

24. “Don’t pay any attention to the critics – don’t even ignore them.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

25. “I’ve gone where the hand of man has never set foot.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

26. “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

27. “In two words, impossible.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

28. “He treats me like the dirt under my feet.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

29. “I paid too much for it, but it’s worth it.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

30. “The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

31. “Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn’t go see it.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

32. “Keep a stiff upper chin.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

33. “Spare no expense to save money on this one.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

34. “There is a statue of limitation.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

35. “I never put on a pair of shoes until I’ve worn them at least five years.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

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

— Samuel Goldwyn

37. “If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn’t be in this business.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

38. “No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

39. “Never make forecasts, especially about future.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

40. “Don’t worry about the war. It’s all over but the shooting.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

41. “Can she sing? She’s practically a Florence Nightingale.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

42. “Yes, but keep copies.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

43. “I don’t think anyone should write their autobiography until after they’re dead.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

44. “For your information, I would like to ask a question.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

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

— Samuel Goldwyn

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

— Samuel Goldwyn

47. “Don’t let your opinion sway your judgment.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

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

— Samuel Goldwyn

49. “I’ll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.”

— Samuel Goldwyn

50. “Let’s have some new cliches.”

— Samuel Goldwyn