I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after...

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after...

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...

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...

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

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...

I don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

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.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and...

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and...

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.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

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 had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was...

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was...

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...

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...