Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I’ve practised for many years.
PRINCE PHILIPTolerance is the one essential ingredient. You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance.
More Prince Philip Quotes
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It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.
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I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
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A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.
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It’s much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you’re so doddery it’s time you went.
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There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done before.
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I’ve never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.
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I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.
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Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
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As so often happens, I discover that it would have been better to keep my mouth shut.
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A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.
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I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.
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I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer.
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Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.
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People think there’s a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.
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I can’t remember names and things.
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