I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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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 didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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 don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

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.

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in...

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in...

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being,...

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being,...

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to...

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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