Sidney Poitier Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• 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

• I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Two, Months

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

• I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Force, Remarkable

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2000.

• I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Religious, Believe

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

• 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

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