I’ve never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.
PRINCE PHILIPBooks are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age.
More Prince Philip Quotes
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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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My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.
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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
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The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.
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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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I can’t remember names and things.
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A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.
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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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It’s better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.
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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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All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.
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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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So who’s on drugs here? He looks as if he’s on drugs.
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