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

Quote by Samuel Goldwyn

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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

Our comedies are not to be laughed at.

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

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

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

Spare no expense to save money on this one.

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that...

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that...

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.

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.

I can give you a definite perhaps

I can give you a definite perhaps

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.

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

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

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth...

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth...

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

I read part of it all the way through.

I read part of it all the way through.

No agency is better than its account executives.

No agency is better than its account executives.

The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.

The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.

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 was always an independent, even when I had partners.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.