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Quotes of the Day for 16 April 2005 - Peter Ustinov

Peter Alexander Ustinov was born at London on this day in 1921, just months after his mother arrived from Saint Petersburg. Ustinov left school at 16 to become an actor, first appearing on stage in 1938. After the war he acted on stage and in films, earning two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, and he portrayed Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in several films. In addition to his wit in English, he was fluent in five other languages. He served as an ambassador for UNICEF and was knighted in 1990.

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

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it well.

To refuse awards ... is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.

Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
     - All from Peter Ustinov, 1921 - 2004

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