Sidney Poitier Quotes
"Jackie Robinson is a true legend."
- Sidney Poitier
"Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's."
- Sidney Poitier
"My autobiography was simply the story of my life."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Life, Autobiography)
"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Father, Class, Man, Poor, Possession, Race)
"Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no."
- Sidney Poitier
"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Positive, Obligation, Reflection, Responsibility)
"So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: History, Work)
"So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Journey, Road)
"So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Life)
"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Work, Body, Man)
"There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere."
- Sidney Poitier
"I'll always be chasing you... Glory."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Glory)
"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Bed)
"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Perfection)
"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Beginning, Journey)
"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Life, Father, Nothing)
"A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Thought, Career, Deed)
"As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Values, Man, Parents)
"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Ability)
"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Dad, Integrity, Man, Remarkable)
"If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Career, Logic, Reason)
"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Family, Life)
"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Work, Values, Reflection)
"I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: People)
"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Being, Question)
"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Life, Work, Values)
"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Life)
"I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month."
- Sidney Poitier
"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: People, Circumstance)
"I've had it all my life and when it can time for me to start a family, I was quite anxious to do so."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: Life, Time, Family)
"History passes the final judgment."
- Sidney Poitier
(Related: History, Judgment)