I have three daughters and I find as a result I played king lear almost without rehearsal. — Sir Peter Ustinov
A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally. — Sir Peter Ustinov
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. — Sir Peter Ustinov
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn’t amount to much. — Sir Peter Ustinov
In america, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. — Sir Peter Ustinov
I’m convinced there’s a small room in the attic of the foreign office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. — Sir Peter Ustinov
Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst — Sir Peter Ustinov
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well. — Sir Peter Ustinov
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best — Sir Peter Ustinov
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. — Sir Peter Ustinov
Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an indian restaurant. — Sir Peter Ustinov
S*x is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved. — Sir Peter Ustinov
The french and the british are such good enemies that they can’t resist being friends. — Sir Peter Ustinov
The only reason I made a commercial for american express was to pay for my american express bill. — Sir Peter Ustinov
The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. — Sir Peter Ustinov
The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives — Sir Peter Ustinov
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we’re all generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. — Sir Peter Ustinov
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. — Sir Peter Ustinov
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today’s playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. — Sir 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. — Sir Peter Ustinov
