Peter Ustinov Quotes

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

~ Peter Ustinov

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

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

Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.

~ Peter Ustinov

By increasing the size of the keyhole today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.

~ Peter Ustinov

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

~ Peter Ustinov

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

~ Peter Ustinov

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

~ Peter Ustinov

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

~ Peter Ustinov

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

~ Peter Ustinov

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

~ Peter Ustinov

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

~ 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.

~ Peter Ustinov

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

~ Peter Ustinov

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

~ Peter Ustinov

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

~ Peter Ustinov

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

~ Peter Ustinov

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

~ Peter Ustinov

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

~ Peter Ustinov