Peter Ustinov

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness; a tender look which becomes a habit.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, it is our duty to furnish it well.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.

It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously

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

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool, an optimist must know what a sad place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

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