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Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990

Topics

Friends Nothing More Lived Sweetest

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Life Work Love Success Great Child

We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value.

Value Caring Tradition Long Iowa

I have no favors to pay back.

Back Pay Favors

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Day Clock Right Twice Even Stopped

I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training.

Training Parents Think Shape I Think

I hate working out - I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny, saying things like, 'I can't do it!'

Christina Aguilera

Myself Hate Saying Push I Can Out

Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

Clarence Darrow

Man Corner Out Greatest Vermont Who

Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.

Peter McWilliams

Focus Thoughts Direction Reality Go

When I win, it doesn't occur to me to remember anybody who isn't a loved one.

Me Win Loved Remember Who Anybody

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.

Life Good Great Together Me My Life

The job at broadcast is to figure out what the dumbest person in the room is going to think. That's not the case at FX.

Job Think Person Out Room Going

I love London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris - there are a million places I could imagine I like, but N.Y. is home.

Love Home Paris London Hong Kong

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