Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.
PRINCE CHARLESForests are the world’s air-conditioning system-the lungs of the planet-and we are on the verge of switching it off.
More Prince Charles Quotes
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Why can’t we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles – and functional?
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If English is spoken in heaven. God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably use the language of the New English Bible and the Alternative Service Book for internal memos.
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If you chuck away too many things, you end up discovering there was value in them.
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There is very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria was a drought that lasted for about five or six years, which meant that huge numbers of people in the end had to leave the land.
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I find myself born into this particular position. I’m determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.
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Fast food may appear to be cheap food and, in the literal sense it often is, but that is because huge social and environmental costs are being excluded from the calculations.
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To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.
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There’s nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something.
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Any difficulties which the world faces today will be as nothing compared to the full effects which global warming will have on the world-wide economy.
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A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.
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Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.
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Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?
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Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.
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The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.
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A jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce – like a basketball team standing shoulder to shoulder between you and the Mona Lisa.
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