- 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!
- Emcee: [referring to Dean Martin] The only reason he's got a good tan, he found a bar with a skylight.