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

Quote by Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

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

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

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.

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

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

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

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

Let's have some new cliches.

Let's have some new cliches.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say o I...

I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say o I...

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take...

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take...

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

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

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror...

It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror...

My children will never know what its like, not being able to see a movie...

My children will never know what its like, not being able to see a movie...