"The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy……" — Peter Ustinov
"The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought."
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77 Quotes by Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov has 77 quotes on this site.
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At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being…
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Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
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Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
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Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought…
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Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go…
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World Government is not only possible, it is inevitable; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its…
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Please keep off the grass.
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If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.
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The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us
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There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact…
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Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
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To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.
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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet…
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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired…
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It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even…
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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go…
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I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of…
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For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the…
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