Quotes for All
Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you’d written The Man with the Golden Arm score. Elmer Bernstein
I do believe that half a dozen commonplace attorneys could so mystify and misconstrue the Ten Commandments, and so confuse Moses’ surroundings on Mount Sinai, that the great law-giver, if he returned to this planet, would doubt his own identity, abjure every one of his deliverances, yea, even commend the very sins he so clearly … Read more
The Ten Commandments don’t tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head. Elizabeth Bibesco
The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests. Edwin Louis Cole
Somebody figured it out- we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments. Earl Wilson
The Ten Commandments have a social purpose, for people who still need a social purpose. Frederick Lenz
The only way those Ten Commandments and prayer would be stripped from that Courtroom is with the force of arms. Fob James
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must be clear and unequivocal if we are to avoid the pitfalls toward which we are now heading with such certainty. In many respects it is not to be found in any dogma of … Read more
Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict? Douglas Coupland
A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren’t ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments. Donny Osmond