Quotes by 'Sidney Poitier'

Sidney Poitier

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

learned places questioned quickly quite various wandered

I learned quite quickly that there were places I couldn't go, that I would be questioned if I wandered into various neighborhoods.

anxious life quite start time

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.

color saws humans

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

next-day next wanted

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

careers deeds way

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.

fathers-day dad fatherhood

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

done energy good-things

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

ive-learned outlets

I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.

better-than-you

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

father men poor

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

determined randomness seems

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

shots ability my-own

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

moments

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

improving

I defend myself by improving myself.