--- title: "1 Mother Born Quotes By Sammy Davis, Jr" description: "1 Mother Born quotes by Sammy Davis, Jr. Plus more from Sammy Davis, Jr and more Mother Born sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/sammy-davis-jr-9783_born_my-mother-was-born-in-san-juan-so-i-m-pu_1697143.png" --- > [My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/my-mother-was-born-in-san-juan-so-i-m-puerto-rican-jewish-colored-and/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/sammy-davis-jr-9783_born_my-mother-was-born-in-san-juan-so-i-m-pu_1697143.png) ## More by 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 found out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/after-i-decided-to-become-a-jew-only-then-did-i-learn-that-the-jews/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/alcohol-gives-you-infinite-patience-for-stupidity/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [I don't have many easy songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/i-don-t-have-many-easy-songs/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [My home has always been show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/my-home-has-always-been-show-business/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/everything-michael-jackson-does-on-stage-is-exactly-right/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/there-s-nothing-that-can-match-broadway-for-stature-and-dignity/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/being-in-public-with-may-and-the-children-was-too-heavy-i-was/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > ["The Entertainer" He did it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/the-entertainer-he-did-it-all/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/most-orgies-that-you-go-to-i-have-found-most-of-it-is-sad-all-that/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/during-three-decades-along-all-the-highways-of-my-youth-frank-had/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/there-are-certain-romances-that-belong-in-certain-cities-in-a-certain/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/reality-is-never-as-bad-as-a-nightmare-as-the-mental-tortures-we/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/i-hadn-t-been-in-vegas-20-minutes-when-i-got-word-that-the-bookmakers/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/once-i-get-outside-my-house-in-the-morning-i-m-on/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/i-d-learned-a-lot-in-the-army-i-knew-that-above-all-things-in-the/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-born/sammy-davis-jr/#itemlist", "name": "1 Mother Born Quotes By Sammy Davis, Jr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. 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