Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE, is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 February 1927
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
hopeless hopelessness domination
There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.
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.
letting-go reality self
If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.
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.