All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me.

- Cicely Tyson

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wr…

- Cicely Tyson

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that t…

- Cicely Tyson

One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me and I don't want anybody to wa…

- Cicely Tyson

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the…

- Cicely Tyson

Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contr…

- Cicely Tyson

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not…

- Cicely Tyson

I don't condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You're the rea…

- Cicely Tyson

You never know what motivates you.

- Cicely Tyson