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 Copy Share Image
Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact and that fact but… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
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… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share
