Sammy Davis
Sammy Davis
thinking people publicity
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.
fighting men thinking
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,
american-entertainer child fewer married treat
Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?
boy michael next
You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy next door.
strong army people
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.
sleep swings
You don’t swing where you sleep.
war president vietnam
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
cities romance atmosphere
There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
hurt pain world
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.
cities america states
I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.
air done lines
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.
broadway dignity stature
There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
white house welcome
All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.
uncles children lap
When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.