Top 70 Quotes by Sidney Poitier

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

I'll always be chasing you... Glory.

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

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

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

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.