Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

• Patience
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• Stupidity

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• I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
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• A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

  

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• The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.

  

  Xavier Becerra
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• Patience is the companion of wisdom.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Wisdom
  • Patience
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• Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • Yourself
  • First
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• The very important thing you should have is patience.

  

  Jack Ma
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• I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Movies
  • Patience
  • Boring

• For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Live
  • War
  • Service

• According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Age
  • Drug
  • Abuse

• I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Believe
  • Man
  • Alcohol

• I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • America
  • Clever
  • Alcohol

• I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.

  

  Yingluck Shinawatra
  • Exercise
  • Facts
  • Patience

• Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Life
  • Morning
  • My Life

• I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.

  

  Abbey Lee Kershaw
  • Good
  • Water
  • Yoga

• I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Think
  • Understanding
  • Patience

• When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Good
  • Great
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• There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Life
  • Patience
  • Little

• Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Nature
  • Wisdom
  • Patience

• Michael Jackson was adamantly against drugs and alcohol, he was extremely straight-laced; I couldn’t even swear around him. Being with Michael brought me back to my innocence.

  

  Corey Feldman
  • Alcohol

• I'm a producer... I am a Hollywood producer. That is so weird. And it's not lame. But it's just like, how did that happen?

  

  Matt Stone
  • Weird

• Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.

  

  E. Lockhart
  • Good

• Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • People
  • Work
  • Money

• Don't hate the word, playa; hate the dictionary.

  

  Brian Celio
  • Hate

• Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Patience
  • Alcohol
  • Stupidity