Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
“Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
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 Image
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
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 Image
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
