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68 quotes by Sidney Poitier

Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ or /ˈpwɑːti.eɪ/; born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat. In 1964, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three successful films, all of which dealt with issues involving race: To Sir, with Love; In the...
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To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

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I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep... →

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I lived in a country where I couldn't live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn't go where I wanted to eat. I lived in... →

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So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to... →

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I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different from the kind of horrendous oppression... →

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I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

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I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

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I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

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So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

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A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

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I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

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So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

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