Creative Quotations from Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Samuel Goldwyn
(1882-1974) born on Aug 27

US producer. "He co-founded MGM and well known for his fractured English - "Goldwynisms.""

I read part of it all the way through.

If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.

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

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

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Attr., quoted in Philip French, The Movie Moguls, Ch. 4, but probably apocryphal"
R:	"In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
A:	"In "Quotable Quotations," by Lloyd Cory, 1987."
N:	"In "The Book of Quotes," by Barbara Rowes, 1979."
K:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."