“ I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. Sidney Poitier
“ I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden. Sidney Poitier
“ But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity. Sidney Poitier
“ I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shap… Sidney Poitier
“ I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be. Sidney Poitier
“ My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man. Sidney Poitier
“ I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. Sidney Poitier
“ So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professi… Sidney Poitier
“ Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking… Sidney Poitier
“ Child psychologists have demonstrated that our minds are actually constructed by these thousands of tiny interactions during the first few years of life. We aren't just what we're taught. It's what we… Sidney Poitier
“ Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment. Sidney Poitier
