Know Responsible Quotes by Sidney Poitier

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

— Sidney Poitier

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

— Sidney Poitier

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

— Sidney Poitier

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

— Sidney Poitier

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

— Sidney Poitier

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them,…

— Sidney Poitier

I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

— Sidney Poitier

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

— Sidney Poitier

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

— Sidney Poitier

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

— Sidney Poitier

I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less plagued, no less intrigued by what I still don't know.

— Sidney Poitier

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

— Sidney Poitier

Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.

— Sidney Poitier

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

— Sidney Poitier

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

— Sidney Poitier