I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

Quote by Peter Ustinov

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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...

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

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

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon.

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...

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...

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 do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to...

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...