Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003 Video)
Sammy Davis Jr.: Self
Quotes
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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.
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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!
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Dean Martin : [holding Sammy Davis Jr. in his arms] I'd like to thank the N.A.A.C.P. for this wonderful trophy...
Sammy Davis Jr. : Put me down!