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

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
Sidney Poitier

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

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

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

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

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

The journey has been incredible from its beginning.
Sidney Poitier

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.
Sidney Poitier

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Sidney Poitier

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

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