Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first

Quote by Peter Ustinov

Topics: Belief Quotes, Friends Quotes

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...

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

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.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit

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...

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

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

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

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

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....

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

Corruption never has been compulsory

Corruption never has been compulsory

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original...

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original...

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.