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.

fathers-day dad fatherhood

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

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.

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.

pace walks unspoken

When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.

weapons wanted

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

oneness anxious after-death

If you are anxious about death, then you don't have a sense of the oneness of things-you feel that after death, you will be no more.

numbers return directors

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

glory chasing

I'll always be chasing you... Glory.

photographer sometimes

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.

who-i-am

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.