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 behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, its a positive one. – Sidney Poitier
To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed. – Sidney Poitier
I wouldnt change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it. – Sidney Poitier
I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden. – Sidney Poitier
I never appreciated positive heroes in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more productive literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. – Jose Saramago