Peter Ustinov Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.”

“Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.”

“People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.”

“The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.”

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

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

“If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.”

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

“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.”

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