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- From: mgm@world.std.com (michael g moncur)
- Subject: Sam Goldwyn - was Re: Prime Minister Quote
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- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1993Jan2.125339.4367@daimi.aau.dk> <1993Jan3.220318.8767@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> <1993Jan4.002412.8078@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:27:42 GMT
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- briganti@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Joe Briganti) writes:
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- >pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) wrote in <1993Jan3.220318.8767@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- >>
- >> "This verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on"
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- >This is in fact a Goldwynism. I understand Sam Goldwyn (of MGM
- >Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) originally said this and other great quotes that
- >someone might like to start in a new thread. Unless of course Goldwyn
- >was once Prime Minister of New Zealand (could be!) :-0
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- Here's my list of Goldwyn quotes...
-
- "A Hospital is no place to be sick."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on."
- -- Goldwyn's Law of Contracts
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- "Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after
- they're dead."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
-
- "Let's have some new cliches."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "Spare no expense to save money on this one."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- "I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the
- truth even if it costs them their jobs."
- -- Samuel Goldwyn
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- ~`~`michael moncur - mgm@world.std.com / sysop@onlybbs.via.mind.org ~`~`
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