Quotes by Sidney Poitier

About Sidney Poitier:

Sir Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat.
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My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

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Child psychologists have demonstrated that our minds are actually constructed by these thousands of tiny interactions during the first few years of life. We aren't just what we're taught. It's what we experience during those early years - a smile her...

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Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.

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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

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Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare mysel...

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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.

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

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

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I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

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

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

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If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

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The journey has been incredible from its beginning.

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I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

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

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I'll always be chasing you... Glory.

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I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn't get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.

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I cannot be understood in three minutes.

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I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

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I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

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Author Bio

  • NameSidney Poitier
  • DescriptionAmerican-born Bahamian actor, film director, author, and diplomat
  • BornFebruary 20, 1927
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Film Director; Actor; Diplomat; Autobiographer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Marian Anderson Award; Grammy Award