Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity. — 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
