Author: Sidney Poitier

Quotes

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

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

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

History passes the final judgment.

History passes the final judgment.

- 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

I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

- 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

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

- 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

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