I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line...

The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line...

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child...

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child...

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...

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do,...

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do,...

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could...

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could...

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...

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...

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three...

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three...

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there...

During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there...

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in...

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in...