Author: Samuel Goldwyn

He treats me like the dirt under my feet.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Don’t worry about the war; it’s all over but the shooting.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I’ve worn them at least five years.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Keep a stiff upper chin.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn’t go.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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I read part of it all the way through.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Let’s have some new cliches.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Let’s bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.

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Coffee isn’t my cup of tea.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

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Include me out.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Misspokements Speech

Put it out of your mind; in no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

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Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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Yes, Frances [his wife] has the most beautiful hands in the world – and someday I’m going to have a bust made of them.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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You've got to take the bull between your teeth.

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I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police – the GOP.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Malaprops

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

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If Roosevelt was alive, he'd turn over in his grave.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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It’s too caustic, said a director, when asked his opinion of a script.

Goldwyn: To hell with the cost, if it’s a good picture, we’ll make it.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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