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

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 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,...

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...

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn...

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn...

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...

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.

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,...

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where...

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where...

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul...

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul...

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...

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...

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

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...

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...

You don't swing where you sleep.

You don't swing where you sleep.

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 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...

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...

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...