Cecil B. DeMille Quotes

“Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.”

“G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.”

“Education occurs when students set out to educate themselves… the student will only learn, can only learn, what he chooses to learn…(An) advantage of not pushing is an innate sense (his) education is (his) responsibility and reward.”

“Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.”

“The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.”

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.”

“Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.”

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”

“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.”

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. ”