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Peter Ustinov quotes: When I was small, I would refuse to drink when I ate fish because I thought the fish would reconstitute itself in my stomach When I was small, I would refuse to drink when I ate fish because I thought the fish would reconstitute itself in my stomach
Peter Ustinov quotes: In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way of doing things that were not done. In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way of doing things that were not done.
Peter Ustinov quotes: By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures. Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
Peter Ustinov quotes: At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Please keep off the grass. Please keep off the grass.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour. Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I can never forgive God for having invented the French I can never forgive God for having invented the French
Peter Ustinov quotes: To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Peter Ustinov quotes: The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought. The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.
Peter Ustinov quotes: That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength. That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations. Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations.
Peter Ustinov quotes: A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God. A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God.
Peter Ustinov quotes: The great thing about history is that it is adaptable. The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them. Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious
Peter Ustinov quotes: I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is. Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do. I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do.
Peter Ustinov quotes: It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon. It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.
Peter Ustinov quotes: If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue. If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
Peter Ustinov quotes: And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do And here is the lesson I learned in the army. If you want to do a thing badly, you have to work at it as though you want to do it well.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
Peter Ustinov quotes: At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth. At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it well. Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it well.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Love is an act of endless forgiveness; a tender look which becomes a habit. Love is an act of endless forgiveness; a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares
Peter Ustinov quotes: I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic. I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals. Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
Peter Ustinov quotes: In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich. Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God ... or the Devil. I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God ... or the Devil.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
Peter Ustinov quotes: The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.
Peter Ustinov quotes: The older I get, the more people listen to me - even though I say the same as always ... The older I get, the more people listen to me - even though I say the same as always ...
Peter Ustinov quotes: Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night. Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss. Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss.
Peter Ustinov quotes: What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn? What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn?
Peter Ustinov quotes: I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world. I 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 quotes: The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us
Peter Ustinov quotes: I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther. I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to Martin Luther.
Peter Ustinov quotes: To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness. To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.
Peter Ustinov quotes: If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished. If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well. Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Peter Ustinov quotes: The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come
Peter Ustinov quotes: The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends. The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Contrary 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. Contrary 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 quotes: Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
Peter Ustinov quotes: If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done. If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World. I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.
Peter Ustinov quotes: unfortuneately a super abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential of nightmares unfortuneately a super abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential of nightmares
Peter Ustinov quotes: The truth is an ambition which is beyond us. The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.
Peter Ustinov quotes: A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally. A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I'm Rally of Unionist Separist Extremes, sometimes known as the R.U.S.E. ... It's the party at present in power. I'm Rally of Unionist Separist Extremes, sometimes known as the R.U.S.E. ... It's the party at present in power.
Peter Ustinov quotes: I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins. I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Peter Ustinov quotes: People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom. People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
Peter Ustinov quotes: If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing. If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
Peter Ustinov quotes: It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man. It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.
Peter Ustinov quotes: To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich. To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved. Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Did 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? Did 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 Ustinov quotes: Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.
Peter Ustinov quotes: The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops. The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just - his turn! Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just - his turn!
Peter Ustinov quotes: Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique. Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down. Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them. Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.
Peter Ustinov quotes: British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps. British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.
Peter Ustinov quotes: It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously. It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously.
Peter Ustinov quotes: Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died. Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
Peter Ustinov quotes: As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more. As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.
Peter Ustinov quotes: This is a free country, madam. We have a right to share your privacy in a public place. This is a free country, madam. We have a right to share your privacy in a public place.

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