Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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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...

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

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.

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'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...

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,...

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...

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Awards are only a publicity gimmick.

Awards are only a publicity gimmick.

I'll take any trophy. I don't care what it says on it.

I'll take any trophy. I don't care what it says on it.

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...