A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made. Sammy Davis, Jr. More Quotes by Sammy Davis, Jr. More Quotes From Sammy Davis, Jr. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven. Sammy Davis, Jr. elevenratescales Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation. Sammy Davis, Jr. songintegritymen May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin. Sammy Davis, Jr. skinsmaybeautiful Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt. Sammy Davis, Jr. debtdollarsstars I have to be a star like another man has to breathe. Sammy Davis, Jr. musicstarsmen 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. Sammy Davis, Jr. vegasweddingoffering I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me. Sammy Davis, Jr. hollywood-hillsgrandmotherhouse Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived. Sammy Davis, Jr. itemssweetestcreatures Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food. Sammy Davis, Jr. room-serviceluxurysoul Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before. Sammy Davis, Jr. sober-uprecoveryable I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten. Sammy Davis, Jr. fadingtaking-a-breakclubs We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him. Sammy Davis, Jr. kingswould-beanswers Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside. Sammy Davis, Jr. shininggoldlaughing I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it. Sammy Davis, Jr. father-sonfathers-dayspecial My home has always been show business. Sammy Davis, Jr. show-businessshowshome I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, 'Was he my friend?', 'Did I enjoy him as a performer?', 'Did he give the world of entertainment something?' - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don't matter. Sammy Davis, Jr. wantgivingworld 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. linessicklaughing 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. Sammy Davis, Jr. wifethreechildren Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on. Sammy Davis, Jr. housemorning I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me. Sammy Davis, Jr. armystrongpeople
