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.“
• "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.“
• "Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.“
• "Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.“
• "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.“
• "In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.“
• "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.“
• "I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.“
• "Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.“
• "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.“
• "I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.“
• "Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.“
• "The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.“
• "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.“
• "The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.“
• "The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.“
• "Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.“
• "Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.“
• "If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.“

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