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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Death

Mistakes

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

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Hearing

You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Business

Years

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

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Fear

Commitment

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Woman

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.

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

You don't swing where you sleep.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sleep

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.

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

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Dignity

Nothing

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Hearing

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

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Time

Cities

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Mystery

Self

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.