Author: Sidney Poitier

Quotes

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

- Sidney Poitier

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

- Sidney Poitier

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

- Sidney Poitier

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

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

- Sidney Poitier

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

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

- Sidney Poitier

History passes the final judgment.

History passes the final judgment.

- Sidney Poitier

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

- Sidney Poitier

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

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

- Sidney Poitier

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

- Sidney Poitier

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