Wanted Quote by Sidney Poitier Download Open image “Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.” — Sidney Poitier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Wanted
The only weapon I had was my dancing. With that I fought like a general without an army. If I could have saved all… — Maya Plisetskaya Copy Share Image
I was never a weapons person, you're a coward if you have to walk with a weapon, be a man and fight. — Anthony Yarde Copy Share Image
A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Hell, right now my only weapons were Obnoxious and Snark, and I intended to use them whenever possible. — Diana Rowland Copy Share Image
“Otherwise, it would have been much easier to just shoot you and be done with it.” I disagreed. The fact that I was still… — Rachel Bach 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
I would tell kids not be like me, but to try and be better than me. Because I always wanted to be better than… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to volunteer the story, she realized, and she could just as easily choose to say nothing. But he deserved to know. They all deserved it, and Kirra already knew it, and Cammon may have guessed it, because… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it up in my persona. I felt like I wouldn't be able to do stand-up for a career if I was needy. I didn't want to be complaining or whining onstage. I wanted to be cool and… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share
The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before… — Gerry Cooney Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself or others? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image