Quote #12
A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.
More from Peter Ustinov
- Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
- By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
- Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
- Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.
- To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
- Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
- It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
- Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.