I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
