Astonishing Quote by Sidney Poitier Download Open image “I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.” — Sidney Poitier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astonishing Father Man Men Parenting Poor Poor man Seen
I'd see my daddy about once a month, and I missed him. I would have loved to have had more of him. He was… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
I look at my father. He is one of my heroes. He is such an incredible, classy man. He was such a great father… — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a… — Marcia Cross Copy Share Image
My father was rich and renowned, and later - as I got to know him, went on vacations with him, and then lived with… — Lisa Brennan-Jobs Copy Share Image
My dad would come with me when I was busking so that if anything shady happened, he could be there, but he would also… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my… — James Packer Copy Share Image
I'd never seen my father stand up. As far as I can remember, my father was always in a wheelchair. I always remembered that.… — Lou Williams Copy Share Image
I only saw my father twice a year. If I'd seen him all the time I'd probably have murdered him by now. He was… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he's like Don Corleone… — Maz Jobrani 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
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
It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy. — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of himself. But suffering directs a… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story of Percival… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
“What is astonishing is that we, who had no idea how anything was going to turn out, now know exactly what happened.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
It was astonishing when at one point, I got the idea of how to make artifical clouds with a collaborator, we had pictures made… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy which we call mathematics. — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You no longer… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
