Peter Ustinov

“The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.”

“Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.”

“Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus.”

“The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.”

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

“The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.”

“Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them.”

“Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it well.”

“I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.”