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

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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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...

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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....

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die...

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die...

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.