Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

“If I look confused it’s because I’m thinking.”

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

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

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

“Coffee isn't my cup of tea.”

“a hospital is no place to be sick”

“Let's have some new cliches.”

“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. ”

“If you've got a message, send a telegram.”

“I have been laid up with intentional flu.”

“Television has raised writing to a new low. ”

“I read part of it all the way through. ”

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

“I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it. ”

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

“I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.”

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

“A verbal contract is worth about as much as the paper it's written on.”

“Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.”

“You've got to take the bitter with the sour.”