Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to...

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to...

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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.

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...

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost...

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost...

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

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...

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...

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my...

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my...

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another...

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another...

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

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

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...

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...