Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
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
People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more people listen to me - even though I say the same as always. — 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
