Sammy Davis Jr.: Self

Quotes 

• Sammy Davis Jr. : [Frank Sinatra]  IS responsible for this evening.

  [applause] 

  Sammy Davis Jr. : I think somebody should say it. 'Cause I know of no other individual who could put on this type of show in the way he did. It was marvelous, the way he just picked up a phone and then said "Be there."

  [laughter] 

  Sammy Davis Jr. : I immediately called Martin Luther King and he gave me the okay and I came.

• Sammy Davis Jr. : It is true that I'm an American Negro who - I have adopted Judaism as a faith. Everybody knows that and all the comics make jokes and I do it in self-defense. I would also like to let you know something that you're probably not aware of. My mother is a Puerto Rican. My mother's maiden name was Alvira Sanchez. This is true. And that means I'm colored, Jewish, and Puerto Rican. When I move into a neighborhood, I wipe it out!