Sammy Davis, Jr

Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

"The Entertainer" He did it all.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Imitations only better the original.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Talk about handicap! I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

My home has always been show business.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I don't have many easy songs.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!

— Sammy Davis, Jr

In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen in…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me…

— 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…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum…

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

You don’t swing where you sleep.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Tap dancing all started with the old clog waltz.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

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

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.

— Sammy Davis, Jr