* “Keep a stiff upper chin.”
* “In two words: im-possible.”
* “Don’t turn it into a flop!”
* “Gentlemen, include me out.”
* “They stayed away in droves.”
* “Let’s have some new clichés.”
* “There is a statue of limitation.”
* “Tell them to stand closer apart.”
* “Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.”
* “That’s our strongest weak point.”
* “A hospital is no place to be sick.”
* "Elevate the cannons a little lower"
* “Modern dancing is old fashioned.”
* “The harder I work the luckier I get.”
* “I read part of it all the way through.”
* “Flashbacks are a thing of the past.”
* “You fail to overlook the crucial point.”
* “I paid too much for it, but it’s worth it.”
* “I have been laid up with intentional flu.”
* “God makes stars. I just produce them.”
* “Our comedies are not to be laughed at.”
* “He treats me like the dirt under my feet.”
* “You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”
* “A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.”
* “If I look confused it’s because I’m thinking.”
* “That’s the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.”
* “What we need now is some new, fresh clichés.”
* “This makes me so sore it gets my dandruff up.”
* “What nerve. Not even a modicum of originality.”
* “You’ve got to take the bull between your teeth.”
* “I had a great idea this morning, but I didn’t like it.”
* “It’s absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.”
* “Never make forecasts, especially about the future.”
* “A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.”
* “For your information, just answer me one question!”
* “For your information, I would like to ask a question.”
* “Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.”
* “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.”
* “Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.”
* “Plenty of room for a tiny brain and a huge ego, though.”
* “Don’t worry about the war. It’s all over but the shooting.”
* “Can she sing? She’s practically a Florence Nightingale.”
* “If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.”
* “The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures.”
* “Don’t pay any attention to the critics ”” don’t even ignore them.”
* “Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.”
* “I’ll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.”
* “I never put on a pair of shoes until I’ve worn them at least five years.”
* “Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.”
* “We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir.”
* “Let’s bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.”
* “I don’t think anyone should write his autobiography until after he’s dead.”
* “I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.”
* “Anyone who would go to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined!”
* “Why did you name him Sam? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!”
* “Give me a couple of years, and I’ll make that actress an overnight success.”
* “If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn’t be in this business.”
* “Go see that turkey for yourself, and see for yourself why you shouldn’t see it.”
* “Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.”
* “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.”
* “That would doubtless be a dank and dark and a desolate and dreary place to dwell.”
* “From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.”
* “I hate a man who always says yes to me. When I say no I like a man who also says no.”
* “That’s the way with these directors, they’re always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.”
* “I don’t want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.”
* “I don’t care if it doesn’t make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America toe it.”
* “Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing.”
* Whilst strolling through a friend's garden Sam happened upon a sundial. Having never seen one before he asked his host what it was and, upon being told, replied "whatever will they think of next?"
* “True, I’ve been a long time making up my mind, but now I’m giving you a definite answer. I won’t say yes, and I won’t say no ”” but I’m giving you a definite maybe.”