3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov I’m convinced there’s a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we’re all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
3 December 2020 Peter Ustinov Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
