Quotes by Sammy Davis, Jr. - Page 2

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Acting
Done
Names
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My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Men
Fighting
Thinking
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Average
Entertainment
Stars
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I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Clubs
Fading
Forgotten
Taking A Break
Reasons
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Looks
People
Publicity
Thinking
Look Me People
Stunt
Temple
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The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Air
Approach
Done
Sound
Stale
Drop
The One Thing
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Bobby Kennedy
Campaigning
Country
Giving
Attempt
Me Country Back
Believed
Bobby
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Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Bogart
Fame
Guy
Lips
Lip
Standard
Twitch
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Average
Insulted
Star
Possible
Hope Me Never
Places
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Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Creatures
Items
Sweetest
Item
Marilyn
Rumored
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Belly
Laughing
Lines
Sick
Drop
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I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Wedding
Frank
Minutes
Offering
Three
Vegas
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The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Children
Cost
Manic
Pursuit
Three
Wife
Love Success Me
Liked
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Kids
And Love
Camaraderie
Guy
Rat Pack
Three
Together
Working Together
Love Success Work
Clan
Due
Guys
Pack
Rat
Work Together
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If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Men
Cameras
Chicks
Fighting
Publicity
Sexy
Singer
Hire
Onstage
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I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
All Things
Army
Hatred
People
Strong
World Me People
Above
Touch
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After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I found out Rockefeller and Ford were goyim, I almost resigned.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Found
Goyim
Jew
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I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in context, and they must be weighed along with the positives.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Done
Mistake
Wish
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The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Hurt
Pain
World
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My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Running
Mother
Moving
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Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Gold
Laughing
Shining
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Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Quality
Men
Integrity
Song
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I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, 'Was he my friend?', 'Did I enjoy him as a performer?', 'Did he give the world of entertainment something?' - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don't matter.
Sammy Davis, Jr. / Entertainer
Giving
Want
World
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