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

Topics: Friends Quotes

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...

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.

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 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...

My home has always been show business.

My home has always been show business.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

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.

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.

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's...

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's...

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

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

You don't swing where you sleep.

You don't swing where you sleep.

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.

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...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an...

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an...