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

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.

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...

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...

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...

I don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

My home has always been show business.

My home has always been show business.

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking...

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking...

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...

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...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the...

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...

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...

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.