Quotes by 'Sidney Poitier'

Sidney Poitier

Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE, is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat...

behavior despise humans

Generally, I tend to despise human behavior rather than human creatures.

finals judgment

History passes the final judgment

photographer sometimes

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.

player eight scripts

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

family wonderful nurturing

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

wanted values

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

intellectual fans action

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

hair teeth belts

Far as I can tell, I still have most of my hair, my gut is not hanging over my belt, and I still have all of my teeth.

attitude order cosmos

I have a kind of respect-- a worshipful attitude, even-- for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons...

race racism painful

Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.

easy jackie mines

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

dad integrity men

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

journey incredibles has-beens

The journey has been incredible from its beginning.

father men class

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.