I have frequently been misrepresented. I don’t hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
PRINCE PHILIPEverybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
More Prince Philip Quotes
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You could do with losing a little bit of weight.
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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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I can’t remember names and things.
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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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Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
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The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
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Tolerance is the one essential ingredient. You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance.
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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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I’ve never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.
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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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Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival.
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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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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
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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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