Author: Sammy Davis, Jr.

Quotes

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.

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.

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

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.

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.

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

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.

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.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

- Sammy Davis, Jr.

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