Sidney Poitier Quotes

I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

Sidney Poitier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1924

Topics

LifeSimpleSilencePeopleMeMom

I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come up to me today, 'Your father helped my mother die.' You know what I'm saying? He made her laugh 'til she died. My father was always very funny.

Joan Rivers

FunnyFatherMotherTodayPeopleMe

You don't want to wear any styles that are too young... I try to still dress glamorously, but not like my daughters.

Jerry Hall

DressYouYoungWantTryWear

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

John Bolton

LoveMeWrongPresidentGetWould

You're not going to get off the couch and be at some amazing fast pace or burn crazy amounts of calories, but you have to start somewhere... Eventually, you'll get there.

Jennie Finch

AmazingCrazyStartYouFastBurn

If I don't get a TV show next year because someone looks up my Wikipedia and it says 'openly gay,' then it's worth the risk because I've had so many years being openly gay and proud of myself as a role model.

Max von Essen

MyselfProudSomeoneYearWorthGay

I would say Nawaz is my lucky charm.

Amy Jackson

SayLuckyCharmWould

I do atypical work for a white person, which is that I lead primarily white audiences in discussions on race every day, in workshops all over the country. That has allowed me to observe very predictable patterns. And one of those patterns is this inability to tolerate any kind of challenge to our racial reality.

Robin DiAngelo

WorkChallengeDayMeRealityWhite

I had always wanted to run my own show and focus solely on the writing, and that's what 'Survivor's Remorse' has been for me.

Mike O'Malley

FocusMeWritingRunSurvivorOwn

I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement.

Luis Fonsi

RomanticStrongSingerTakeSocial

It's almost like Time's Up allowed some really good old-school players to stand up and say, 'We're actually just really normal companies that want to facilitate culture-making. Some of us are even in it for the slow returns.'

Debra Granik

GoodTimeStand UpSlowStandWant

Hollywood to me is a place to work. Home is Chester County.

Claude Rains

WorkHomeMePlaceHollywoodCounty

In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

AdviceNowWiserDaysTakeUsed

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