“I enjoyed being in The Ten Commandments.”
Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007) Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer
That was a great experience—to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
"Yvonne De Carlo Reminds The World There Was Life Before Lily Munster" (1987)
“Fay: The Ten Commandments. She was a great believer in some of them.”
Joe Orton (1933–1967) English playwright and author
Loot (1965), Act I
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) Polish-born Jewish-American author
The New York Times (30 June 1985)
“Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the Ten Commandments.”
Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American writer
Sixteenth Week.
My Summer in a Garden (1870)
“I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore.”
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
As quoted in The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners (2004) by Geoff Tibballs, p. 206
Context: I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
Isabel Paterson (1886–1961) author and editor
Source: The God of the Machine (1943), p. 122
“I'm going to command the whole shebang.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
Comment to his wife Mamie, after being informed by George Marshall that he would be in command of Operation Overlord, as quoted in Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life (2003) by Carlo D'Este, p. 307
1940s
