WIST

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

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
(Attributed)

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
(Attributed)

I am rather unfriendly toward the Marxists, as I am towards those who persecute them, simply because they regard the unit by which one judges human behavior as the mass, and I really believe the individual is much more important than the mass. In fact, the mass is really composed of individuals that have momentarily lost their voice, which is a sad state of affairs.

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
Interview for Criterion Edition release of Spartacus

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

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
Newspaper column, The European
Rarely cited. Referenced here, and reprinted in Ustinov Still At Large (1995).