Quotes By Sidney Poitier

I'm going to quit writing.

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

I don't very often read novels.

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

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

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

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

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

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.

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

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

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

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

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

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

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

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

The journey has been incredible from its beginning.

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.

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

History passes the final judgment.

My wife collects knickknacks.

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

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

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.