163 Quotes by Peter Ustinov
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I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
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People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
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A diplomat these days is nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
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Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.
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I'd rather be buried at sea than on the shore when I come to die. Will you stand by the plank, mates, so I can shake a friendly hand before I sink?
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Pavarotti is not vain but is conscious of being unique.
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Pavarotti is very difficult to pass at the net in tennis, with or without a racquet.
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An optimist is one who knows exactly how bad a place the world can be; a pessimist is one who finds out anew every morning.
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