I have frequently been misrepresented. I don’t hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
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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You can’t just decide you want to do this or that. You have to be invited.
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My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.
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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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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 must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.
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The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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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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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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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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If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.
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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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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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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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I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
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