Samuel Goldwyn

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

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

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 isn't worth the paper it's written on.

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

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.

Never make forecasts, especially about the future.

"A hospital is no place to be sick."