Lentulus Biatatus:
[reacting to a slow servant] The sun's over there! I have to pay these people!
--Peter Ustinov (as Lentulus Batiatus) in Spartacus
--Peter Ustinov (as Lentulus Batiatus) in Spartacus
Marcus Pendleton:
'Ere! You watch your tongue! Any idiot can steal. *I* been em-*bezz*-lin'!
--Peter Ustinov (as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith) in Hot Millions
--Peter Ustinov (as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith) in Hot Millions
Marcus Pendleton:
Patty asks Marcus what are assets. Marcus replies "Little female donkeys" with a cackle.
--Peter Ustinov (as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith) in Hot Millions
--Peter Ustinov (as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith) in Hot Millions
Socrates:
I've been looking forward to this trial as a runner looks forward to a race he can win.
--Peter Ustinov (as ) in Barefoot in Athens
--Peter Ustinov (as ) in Barefoot in Athens
Mexican Soldier:
Halt, who goes there, please?
[to General Hallson on the other side of the door]
General Billy Joe Hallson: John Wayne!
Mexican Soldier: [opens door] Richard Widmark!
--Peter Ustinov (as ) in Viva Max!
[to General Hallson on the other side of the door]
General Billy Joe Hallson: John Wayne!
Mexican Soldier: [opens door] Richard Widmark!
--Peter Ustinov (as ) in Viva Max!
Turkish Official:
[advising Major Tufan of Simpson's criminal record] In 1958 he was deported from Britain for smuggling pornographic literature.
Arthur Simon Simpson: An art magazine, sir!
Turkish Official: Called...?
Arthur Simon Simpson: 'Stop Press Nudes'!
--Peter Ustinov (as Arthur Simon Simpson) in Topkapi
Arthur Simon Simpson: An art magazine, sir!
Turkish Official: Called...?
Arthur Simon Simpson: 'Stop Press Nudes'!
--Peter Ustinov (as Arthur Simon Simpson) in Topkapi
[Simpson is talking to the Turkish guards who have arrested him]
Arthur Simon Simpson: You frighten me, sir. But, after all, that's part of your job. But if my father could hear you now he'd laugh himself sick. He wasn't no colonel, sir. I just said that in order to make myself seem important. He was a sergeant - acting sergeant - acting unpaid sergeant. And d'you know what he used to say to me? He used to say, "Arthur"... he used to call me Arthur... "Arthur, you're a carbuncle on the behind of humanity." Carbuncle! I'm a nothing! I'm a nobody!
--Peter Ustinov (as Arthur Simon Simpson) in Topkapi
Arthur Simon Simpson: You frighten me, sir. But, after all, that's part of your job. But if my father could hear you now he'd laugh himself sick. He wasn't no colonel, sir. I just said that in order to make myself seem important. He was a sergeant - acting sergeant - acting unpaid sergeant. And d'you know what he used to say to me? He used to say, "Arthur"... he used to call me Arthur... "Arthur, you're a carbuncle on the behind of humanity." Carbuncle! I'm a nothing! I'm a nobody!
--Peter Ustinov (as Arthur Simon Simpson) in Topkapi
Captain Vere:
I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.
--Peter Ustinov (as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain) in Billy Budd
--Peter Ustinov (as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain) in Billy Budd
Captain Vere:
In the question of Jenkins, Budd was telling the truth.
Lieutenant Seymour: I know, sir. What are you going to do about Claggart?
Captain Vere: What can I do but watch and wait? No court martial would do more than strip him of his rank for such misconduct. And then what? As a rating, he'd be slaughtered by the other men. And who would replace him? And would the French refrain from attacking us while we settled our petty differences? No, I must give him his head until some act puts him squarely counter to the law and then let the law consume him. What would you do if you were captain of this ship?
Lieutenant Seymour: I'm not captain of the ship, sir.
Captain Vere: One day you may be, Philip. Then, remember.
--Peter Ustinov (as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain) in Billy Budd
Lieutenant Seymour: I know, sir. What are you going to do about Claggart?
Captain Vere: What can I do but watch and wait? No court martial would do more than strip him of his rank for such misconduct. And then what? As a rating, he'd be slaughtered by the other men. And who would replace him? And would the French refrain from attacking us while we settled our petty differences? No, I must give him his head until some act puts him squarely counter to the law and then let the law consume him. What would you do if you were captain of this ship?
Lieutenant Seymour: I'm not captain of the ship, sir.
Captain Vere: One day you may be, Philip. Then, remember.
--Peter Ustinov (as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain) in Billy Budd
