The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. DeMille More Quotes by Cecil B. DeMille More Quotes From Cecil B. DeMille The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling. Cecil B. DeMille storytelling world art Man has made 32 million laws since THE COMMANDMENTS were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai more than three thousand years ago, but he has never improved on God's law. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS are the principles by which man may live with God and man may live with man. They are the expressions of the mind of God for His creatures. They are the charter and guide of human liberty, for there can be no liberty without the law. Cecil B. DeMille expression men years After more than sixty years of almost daily reading of the Bible, I never fail to find it always new and marvelously in tune with the changing needs of every day. Cecil B. DeMille tunes reading years Our modern world defined God as a ‘religious complex’ and laughed at the Ten Commandments as OLD FASHIONED. Then, through the laughter came the shattering thunder of the World War. And now a blood-drenched, bitter world — no longer laughing — cries for a way out. There is but one way out. It existed before it was engraven upon Tablets of Stone. It will exist when stone has crumbled. The Ten Commandments are not rules to obey as a personal favor to God. They are the fundamental principles without which mankind cannot live together. Cecil B. DeMille laughter religious war The Bible has been a bestseller for centuries. Why should I let two thousand years of publicity go to waste? Cecil B. DeMille two years art Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture. Cecil B. DeMille pages giving two Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. Cecil B. DeMille library want book Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille bad-ass creativity drug A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit. Cecil B. DeMille dozen agents spirit The Ten Commandments are the charter and guide of human liberty, for there can be no liberty without the law. Cecil B. DeMille guides liberty law It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law. Cecil B. DeMille break law impossible I make my pictures for people, not for critics. Cecil B. DeMille critics people Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent. Cecil B. DeMille percent critics taste Creation is a drug I can't do without. Cecil B. DeMille creation drug creative What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with. Cecil B. DeMille dissatisfied havens Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law. Cecil B. DeMille moses law men There can be no liberty without the law Cecil B. DeMille liberty law The public is always right. Cecil B. DeMille As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures. Cecil B. DeMille hieroglyphics boys looks The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. Cecil B. DeMille
