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

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

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...

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only...

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only...

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...

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...

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

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.

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose...

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose...

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

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...

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...