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

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst,...

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst,...

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

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

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...

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

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...

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you...

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you...

I believe that none of us ever fails at anything. Every time we create something...

I believe that none of us ever fails at anything. Every time we create something...

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on...

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on...

The awkward moment when you're eating dinner at someone else's house and you don't like...

The awkward moment when you're eating dinner at someone else's house and you don't like...