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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/marriage-is-like-a-three-speed-gearbox-affection-friendship-love-it/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

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## More by Peter Ustinov

> [Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/acting-on-television-is-like-being-asked-by-the-captain-to-entertain/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact and that fact but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/there-are-experts-in-little-things-but-there-are-no-experts-in-big/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/marriage-is-like-a-three-speed-gearbox-affection-friendship-love-it/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/i-was-irrevocably-betrothed-to-laughter/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/i-don-t-know-why-i-have-these-dreams-i-ve-never-wanted-to-be-pope-in/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/i-have-three-daughters-and-i-find-as-a-result-i-played-king-lear/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/that-weakness-in-human-nature-which-goes-by-the-name-of-strength/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/i-was-irrevocably-betrothed-to-laughter-the-sound-of-which-has-always/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/a-diplomat-these-days-is-nothing-but-a-head-waiter-who-s-allowed-to/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [Two members of my profession who are not urgently needed by my profession, Mr. Ronald Reagan and Mr. George Murphy, entered politics, and they've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/two-members-of-my-profession-who-are-not-urgently-needed-by-my/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/her-virtue-was-that-she-said-what-she-thought-her-vice-that-what-she/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/children-are-the-only-form-of-immortality-that-we-can-be-sure-of/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/i-have-russian-german-spanish-italian-french-and-ethiopian-blood-in/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [Laughter... the most civilized music in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/laughter-the-most-civilized-music-in-the-world/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

> [Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/did-you-know-that-every-two-hours-the-nations-of-this-world-spend-as/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

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