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.
PRINCE PHILIPChange does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
More Prince Philip Quotes
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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
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Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.
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Everything that wasn’t invented by God is invented by an engineer.
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If anyone has a new idea in this country, there are twice as many people who keep putting a man with a red flag in front of it.
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I have frequently been misrepresented. I don’t hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
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I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
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I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer.
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Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I’ve practised for many years.
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It’s better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.
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Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age.
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Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.
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My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.
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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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All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.
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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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