When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.

Quote by Sammy Davis Jr

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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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the...

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the...

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could...

We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could...

You don't swing where you sleep.

You don't swing where you sleep.

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...

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...

My home has always been show business.

My home has always been show business.

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 don't have many easy songs.

I don't have many easy songs.

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,...

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...

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...

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

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.