The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something...

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided...

Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided...

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call...

When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call...

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned...

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned...

You don't swing where you sleep.

You don't swing where you sleep.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the...

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the...

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All...

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All...

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the...

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the...

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on...

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on...

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were...

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were...

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another...

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another...

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's...

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's...

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking...

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking...

My home has always been show business.

My home has always been show business.