Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes

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

When asked what his golf handicap was, he replied, "My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! THAT'S my handicap!"

"I'm colored, Jewish and Puerto Rican. When I move into a neighborhood, I wipe it out!"

"You have to be able to look back at your own life and say 'Yeah, that was fun.' The only person I ever hurt was myself and even that I did to the minimum. If you can do that and you're still functioning, you're the luckiest person in the world."

"I'm 64 years old, but I feel I've lived the life of a person at 164."