"A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally."

Ustinov, Peter on Diplomacy
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"Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares."

Ustinov, Peter on Dreams
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"I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first."

Ustinov, Peter on Friends and Friendship
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"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

Ustinov, Peter on Humor
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"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."

Ustinov, Peter on Love
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"The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."

Ustinov, Peter on Optimism
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"Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth."

Ustinov, Peter on Parents and Parenting
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"To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal."

Ustinov, Peter on Awards
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"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."

Ustinov, Peter on Prophecy
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"Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well."

Ustinov, Peter on Purpose
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"Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved."

Ustinov, Peter on Sex
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