Sidney Quotes

33 quotes by 28 authors

Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: Lou, youre a leading man because youre a good actor. Brought tears to my eyes. — Lou Diamond Phillips
We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or… — Rebecca Harding Davis
Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York. — Wesley Morris
Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. — Wesley Morris
I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did… — Richard Widmark
I hooked up everybody in Sidney, including one guy who was blind. — Dave Willis
I shall not want Honor in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I think the lottery changed everything for us. Once we got Sidney, it helped us turn this franchise around overnight. — Mario Lemieux
I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and… — Bernie Mac
But in my mind, I don't think there's any question Sidney Crosby is the best all-around player in the game. His hockey sense is so… — Wayne Gretzky
Sidney Crosby, our greatest player, I don't want to see Sidney Crosby in the penalty box. I don't want to see Sidney Crosby hurt. I… — Bobby Orr
When I was growing up, I didn't see me in the movies except in certain lesser roles. If it wasn't funny, I wasn't there. Then… — Morgan Freeman
A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie… — Scott Raab
I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the… — Simon Cowell
I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there. You have no… — Charles Krauthammer
I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. — Steve Lacy
I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing… — Bernie Mac
During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet,… — Mandy Patinkin
'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back. — Steven Spielberg
I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated… — Daniel H. Pink

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