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Cecil B. DeMille quotes

American Producer August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959

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Only twice in my nearly fifty years of friendship with David Belasco did he ever disappoint me; and I am glad that experience came early. When I was perhaps seven or eight years old, he promised me, many months before my birthday, that he would give me a pony. What boy would nurse that promise to his bosom for any number of months? When the 12th of August dawned, I was downstairs early, I think before anyone else was up. I looked out at the barnyard. No pony. I waited all day. No pony. I said... Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees..."
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. DeMille
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... Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture."
Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American..."
Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent. Cecil B. DeMille
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
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many..."
As a boy, I used to look upon the hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures. Cecil B. DeMille
I might have remembered what my father once wrote to Henry George, "I never do anything by halves, and am half hearted in no cause that I embrace. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but..."
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "Creativity is a drug I cannot live without."
Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "I win my awards at the box office."
I win my awards at the box office. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break..."
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "There can be no liberty without the law."
There can be no liberty without the law. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "The public is always right."
The public is always right. Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed..."
What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with. Cecil B. DeMille

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