Sidney Poitier Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

  Sidney Poitier

  Children, Father, Teaching

• 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.

  Sidney Poitier

  Dad, Father, Men

• I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

  Sidney Poitier

  Fathers Day, Dad, Father Son

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Father, Men, Poor

  "Oprah Talks to Sidney Poitier". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October, 2000.

• My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Father, Be Kind

• As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.

  Sidney Poitier

  Children, Father, Son

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

  Sidney Poitier

  Father, Men, Race

• 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.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Father, Men

• My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

  Sidney Poitier

  Husband, Dad, Father

• My father was very big on marriage.

  Sidney Poitier

  Father, Bigs

  "The leading man" by Burhan Wazir, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2000.

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