Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a...

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a...

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...

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

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

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of...

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of...

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

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

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out...

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out...

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought...

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought...

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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....

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

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

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...

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

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.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind,...

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind,...

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

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

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.