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Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear."

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me."

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.




Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent."

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else."

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.




Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun.""

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time."

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten."

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.




Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present."

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin."

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man."

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity."

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me."

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.




Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!"

My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else."

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man."

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I found out Rockefeller and Ford were goyim, I almost resigned."

After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I found out Rockefeller and Ford were goyim, I almost resigned.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "The ultimate mystery is one's own self."

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Talk about handicap - I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew."

Talk about handicap - I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted."

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly."

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking."

My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I have to be a star like another man has to breathe."

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them."

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Imitations only better the original."

Imitations only better the original.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt."

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food."

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding."

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived."

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven."

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves."

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before."

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it."

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money."

I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy."

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with."

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it."

The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made."

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys."

In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on."

Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him."

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity."

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time."

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time."

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody."

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart."

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me."

During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt."

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death."

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.



Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes: "I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50."

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.