1921-, British Actor, Writer, Director
A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
Peter Ustinov – [Diplomacy]
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Peter Ustinov – [Humor]
I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
Peter Ustinov – [Friends and Friendship]
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov – [Love]
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Peter Ustinov – [Purpose]
Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.
Peter Ustinov – [Parents and Parenting]
Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved.
Peter Ustinov – [Sex]
The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
Peter Ustinov – [Optimism]
There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it virtually impossible to convince anyone of his credentials despite the fact that the vast evangelical machine on American television is predicated on His imminent return among us sinners.
Peter Ustinov – [Prophecy]
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Peter Ustinov – [Awards]
Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.
Peter Ustinov – [Dreams]