David Geffen Quotes (28 Quotes)

I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.

Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.

I'm not Sammy Glick. I've never killed anyone. I don't have to. I'm too talented.

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.

Happy is harder than money. Anyone who thinks money will make them happy, doesn't have money.

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

having his own company and doing things exactly the way he'd want and not consulting with others.

Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!

I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.

HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.

It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.

We had hoped to be able to make enough films to be able to rationalize the cost of being our own distributor. Sadly, we were never able to make enough films to make that economically sound.

People, when they get to that level, they always think they can do it better, ... I think I could do a lot better with the L.A. Times too.

DreamWorks is going on. We are going to continue to make movies, the same number of movies as we made in past. They will be DreamWorks movies, with the same logo as before. Nothing will change.

I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.

You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else.

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.

It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.

I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Move to California. Malibu is paradise.

I am truly my mother's son.

Broke is a Hollywood term!

They've been trying to make a deal with us from the very beginning and came to us with a price that was acceptable to us, although Steven had many concerns about it. And when they tried to change the price at the end, we decided not to go forward.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.