Peter Ustinov Quotes

A diplomat these days is nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

Peter Ustinov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004

Topics

DownNothingHeadDaysSitWaiter

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

Maya Angelou

TruthJusticeStruggleImpossible

Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household pets and our household pests. We love them and cage them, admire them and abuse them. And, of course, we cook and eat them.

Jeffrey Kluger

FamilyLoveRelationshipAdmireEat

Before Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th Century, 'mystery religions,' organized around a central canon of secret knowledge, were widespread. Membership in such religions was limited to people who had passed through secret initiation rituals and had begun to learn a body of hidden knowledge.

Trevor Paglen

KnowledgeReligionPeopleLearnBody

When you're a black man in a hoodie, all of a sudden you're a criminal. That's something we shouldn't have to deal with, but we do. It's a double standard. We can't cover our head when it's cold and raining because God forbid someone sees us and puts our life in danger.

Mike Colter

LifeGodManColdBlackSomeone

In America, the dreamers, the disabled and the disadvantaged are not left to defend themselves, alone in their struggles.

Mike Honda

AloneAmericaDefendLeftStruggles

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

Michael Lewis

LoveChildrenRespectAchievement

We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.

Jason Williams

WinGameLosePlayFairHard

Scoring goals is nice, but what matters are results.

Diego Godin

GoalsResultsNiceMattersScoring

We can create opportunities to generate value by working across the entire breadth of Boeing.

Dennis Muilenburg

ValueOpportunitiesCreateWorking

Einstein's theory of relativity does a fantastic job for explaining big things. Quantum mechanics is fantastic for the other end of the spectrum - for small things.

Brian Greene

Small ThingsJobSmallEndQuantum

If I were afraid of wrinkles, I'd probably be hiding in a cupboard, because I have a lot of them.

Susie Orbach

WrinklesAfraidHidingBecauseThem

If Republicans start losing their seats because they're climate deniers, that is a very salutary signal.

Sheldon Whitehouse

LosingStartBecauseSignalClimate

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