[first lines]
John: You know, I just had a thought. Why don't I go check into a hotel and get some rest, and you go find your folks?


--Sidney Poitier (as John Prentice) in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

[Gordon is shopping with Selina]
Gordon Ralfe: I almost forgot. I'm out of detergent. Now this is where I really need your help. There's Swish...
Selina D'Arcy: [Quoting advertising slogans] "Keeps your hands soft as velvet."
Gordon Ralfe: Good. Whizz...
Selina D'Arcy: "Retains your girlish skin."
Gordon Ralfe: Marvelous. Jiffy...
Selina D'Arcy: "Jiffy makes you feel like a princess."
Gordon Ralfe: Froth...
Selina D'Arcy: Froth? I never heard that one.
Gordon Ralfe: Froth is just for washing dishes, but that's the one we need.


--Sidney Poitier (as Gordon Ralfe) in A Patch of Blue

[Splashing himself with water outside]
Homer Smith: Oh! Why couldn't they have asked me to build a bathtub? With nice, *hot* water?


--Sidney Poitier (as Homer Smith) in Lilies of the Field

Chief Gillespie: You take care, y'hear?
Virgil Tibbs: Yeah.


--Sidney Poitier (as Virgil Tibbs) in In the Heat of the Night

Noah Cullen: You call me that again, and I'll kill you!


--Sidney Poitier (as Noah Cullen) in The Defiant Ones

Virgil Tibbs: They call me MISTER Tibbs!


--Sidney Poitier (as Virgil Tibbs) in In the Heat of the Night

Mark Thackeray: I lost my temper -- the one thing I swore I would never, never do. God, did I lose my temper. I never would have thought it. Of all of the bull I've taken in my life -- in a few short weeks those kids have got me so steamed up so… so easy, so quickly. I never would have thought it.


--Sidney Poitier (as Mark Thackeray) in To Sir, with Love

Mark Thackeray: If you must play these filthy games, then do them in your homes -- and not in my classroom!


--Sidney Poitier (as Mark Thackeray) in To Sir, with Love

Mark Thackeray: Those kids are devils incarnate, huh. I've tried everything, everything -- but nothing I've tried... kids -- kids -- that's it -- kids!

--Sidney Poitier (as Mark Thackeray) in To Sir, with Love