Sidney Poitier Quotes

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.
Sidney Poitier

Positive, Whatever, Accept

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.
Sidney Poitier

Truth, Legal, Liars

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

Human, Question, Color

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

Work, History, Ok

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.
Sidney Poitier

Good, Long, Road

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

Father's Day, Life, Father

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.
Sidney Poitier

Morning, Person, Bed

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

Life, Family, Great

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

Life, Seems, Pure

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

Human, Rather, Behavior

I cannot be understood in three minutes.
Sidney Poitier

Cannot, Three, Understood

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
Sidney Poitier

Work, Reflection, Values

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.
Sidney Poitier

Racism, Florida, Adjust

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.
Sidney Poitier

Good, Career, Thought

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
Sidney Poitier

Parents, Lives, Values

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.
Sidney Poitier

Nothing, Knew, Learner

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.
Sidney Poitier

Person, Black, Made

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

Change, Single, Moment

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

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

Easy, Mine, Ride

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
Sidney Poitier

Life, Story, Simply

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

Good, Dad, Integrity

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

Life, Work, Wanted

The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
Sidney Poitier

Beginning, Journey, Incredible

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.
Sidney Poitier

Loved, Perfection, Exists

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: February 20, 1924

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