Peter Ustinov Quotes

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world.

If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.

unfortuneately a super abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential of nightmares

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it well.

There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact and that fact but there are no moral experts.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Bildung ist wichtig, vor allem wenn es gilt, Vorurteile abzubauen. Wenn man schon ein Gefangener seines eigenen Geistes ist, kann man wenigstens dafür sorgen, dass die Zelle anständig möbliert ist.

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Ein Philosoph ist ein Mann, der in Ermangelung einer Frau die ganze Welt umarmt.

"The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay off my American Express Bill"
- Peter Ustinov, 1921-2004

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.