I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
PRINCE PHILIPIt’s much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you’re so doddery it’s time you went.
More Prince Philip Quotes
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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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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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We live in what virtually amounts to a museum – which does not happen to a lot of people.
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You could do with losing a little bit of weight.
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It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.
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So who’s on drugs here? He looks as if he’s on drugs.
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A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.
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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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The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.
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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
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British women can’t cook.
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Wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect.
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It’s better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.
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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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