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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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 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...

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...

My home has always been show business.

My home has always been show business.

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making...

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making...

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

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

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.

I don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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

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