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Quotes by Sammy Davis, Jr. - (21 quotes)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Aging category:

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Choices category:

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Danger category:

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Difficulty category:

I don't have many easy songs. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Drunkenness category:

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Ego category:

I gotta be me. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Fame category:

Fame comes with its own standard. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Life category:

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, 'Yeah, that was fun.' (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Magic category:

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Mistakes category:

I've done some things I wish I could erase... I invented mistakes. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Money category:

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Mysteries category:

The ultimate mystery is one's own self. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Obsession category:

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Repetition category:

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.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Sleep category:

You don't swing where you sleep. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Success category:

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being... (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Suffering category:

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Talent category:

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Time category:

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Words category:

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.)

Sammy Davis, Jr. - From the Work category:

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else. (Sammy Davis, Jr.)