Sammy Davis Jr.

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

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.

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.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.

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

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

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

We can__ answer King__ assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

I wasn__ anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.