7 Quotes & Sayings By Cecil B Demille

Cecil B. DeMille, born in Hoboken, NJ, October 4, 1883, was one of the most influential figures of the first half of the twentieth century. He produced both silent and sound film classics that left a lasting mark on the industry. Among his film achievements are The Ten Commandments (1923), The King of Kings (1927), The Sign of the Cross (1932), The Crusades (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), Samson and Delilah (1959), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Ben-Hur (1959), Cleopatra (1963) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Read more

His most memorable role was as General George Armstrong Custer in his 1923 epic epic The Ten Commandments.

The person who makes a success of living is the...
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The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. Cecil B. DeMille
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have...
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Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. Cecil B. DeMille
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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. They are not laws – they are The Law. Cecil B. DeMille
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The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. Cecil B. DeMille
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Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent. Cecil B. DeMille
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The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. DeMille