The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
All the hideously calculated hypocrisy of men when they commit a murder in the name of justice. Then it's the time of… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why… — 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
