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I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
— Sidney Poitier
I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.
— Sidney Poitier
My wife collects knickknacks.
— Sidney Poitier
I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.
— Sidney Poitier
I'm going to quit writing.
— Sidney Poitier
My father was the quintessential husband and dad.
— Sidney Poitier
I had two roles for which I compromised.
— Sidney Poitier
I defend myself by improving myself.
— Sidney Poitier
I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.
— Sidney Poitier
I'll always be chasing you ... Glory.
— Sidney Poitier
I have a kind of respecta worshipful attitude, even
for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons ... — Sidney Poitier
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
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.
— Sidney Poitier
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
— Sidney Poitier
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.
— Sidney Poitier
I cannot be understood in three minutes.
— Sidney Poitier
Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.
— Sidney Poitier
Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.
— Sidney Poitier
In America, it is difficult to be your own man.
— Sidney Poitier
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
— Sidney Poitier
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
— Sidney Poitier
Have you ever heard of 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?' I would like to play Sidney Poitier's role - I love that role.
— Keith Stanfield
When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.
— Sidney Poitier
My autobiography was simply the story of my life.
— Sidney Poitier