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

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do...

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do...

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the...

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the...

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future...

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future...

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away...

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away...

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

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

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

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me...

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me...

I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are...

I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are...

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading...

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading...

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually...

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually...

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant....

Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant....

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

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

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends