I have frequently been misrepresented. I don’t hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
PRINCE PHILIPThe man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer.
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I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
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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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British women can’t cook.
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Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival.
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I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.
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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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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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Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.
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Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.
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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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I’ve never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.
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My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.
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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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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
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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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Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.
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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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We live in what virtually amounts to a museum – which does not happen to a lot of people.
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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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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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Everything that wasn’t invented by God is invented by an engineer.
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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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It’s better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.
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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.
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