Peter Ustinov

Showing quotations 1 to 19 of 19 total Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. Peter Ustinov By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. Peter UstinovChildren are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. Peter Ustinov Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. Peter Ustinov Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. Peter UstinovDid you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year? Peter UstinovHer virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. Peter UstinovI was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world. Peter Ustinov I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. Peter UstinovIf the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done. Peter Ustinov In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. Peter UstinovIt is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously. Peter UstinovLove is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. Peter Ustinov People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom. Peter UstinovThe only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. Peter UstinovThe point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. Peter Ustinov To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. Peter UstinovUnfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares. Peter UstinovContrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. Peter Ustinov, Dear Me (1977)

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