Sidney Poitier Men Quotations

If you apologize because you are afraid, then you are a child not a man.

History passes the final judgment

But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

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

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.