Prince Philip Quotes - Page 4

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• In the days when the nation depended on agriculture for its wealth it made the Lord Chancellor sit on a woolsack to remind him where the wealth came from. I would like to suggest we remove that now and make him sit on a crate of machine tools.

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  Agriculture, Tools, Machines

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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.

  Prince Philip

  Country, Men, Ideas

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• But we are not going to be able to survive on this limited planet if the population keeps on growing: there isn't going to be anything left.

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  Reality, Population, Growing

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• Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education.

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  Classic, Scottish, Scotsmen

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• I am full of admiration for the technologists who have developed all sorts of gadgets for the purpose of improving communications. However, I believe that all these fascinating machines are complementary to, and not substitutes for, books and the printed word.

  Prince Philip

  Believe, Book, Communication

  "Do Books Matter?". Book edited by Brian Baumfield, 1973.

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• There's a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?

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  Might, Classic, Sticking Out

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• I don't know how they're going to integrate in places like Glasgow and Sheffield.

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  Classic, Integrating, Sheffield

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• There's a lot of your family in tonight.

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  Edinburgh, Tonight, Classic

  "'There's a Lot of Your Family in Tonight': What Prince Philip Told Asian Businessman at Reception for British Indians". www.dailymail.co.uk. October 28, 2009.

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• It's a vast waste of space.

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  Space, Waste, Classic

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• The French don't know how to cook breakfast.

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  Breakfast, Classic, Cooks

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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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  Government, Self, People

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 30 Dec. 1959

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• It's difficult to see how it's possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs.

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  Song, Singing, Classic

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• I therefore suggested that WWF should invite leaders from the major religions to meet together to discuss what - if any - responsibility they felt they had for the natural environment as a "sacred" entity.

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  Responsibility, Leader, What If

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• For conservation to be successful it is necessary to take into consideration that it is a characteristic of man that he can only be relied upon to do anything consistently which is in his own interest.

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  Successful, Men, Humanity

  Speech at the World Wildlife Fund: British National Appeal Banquet, London, 1962. "The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962-77", 1978.

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• I suppose I'd get in trouble if I were to melt them down.

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  Classic, Trouble, Ifs

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• Who is going to be the first to face up to the need for self-restraint in the number of children brought into the world?

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  Children, Self, Numbers

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• Do people trip over you?

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  People, Over You, Classic

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• Are you running away from something?

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  Running, Classic, Running Away

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• It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer.

  Prince Philip

  Pertinent Questions, Looks, Answers

  Speech at the World Wildlife Fund Congress, London, in 1970. "The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962-77", 1978.

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• The more people there are, the more food we need, the more space we occupy, the more resources and consumer goods we wish to have and the more development has to take place

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  Space, People, Wish

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• Why don't you go and live in a hostel to save cash?

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  Cash, Classic

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• We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.

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  Health, Thinking, Way

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• You managed not to get eaten then?

  Prince Philip

  Edinburgh, Dukes, Classic

  "Long Line of Princely Gaffes". Said in 1998 to a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea, news.bbc.co.uk. March 01, 2002.

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• Deaf? If you're near there, no wonder you are deaf.

  Prince Philip

  Edinburgh, Classic, Wonder

  "Deaf Insulted by Duke's Remark". Said to a group of deaf children standing next to a Jamaican steel drum band, news.bbc.co.uk. May 27, 1999.

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• We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted? It is about time that we pulled our fingers out? The rest of the world most certainly does not owe us a living.

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  Military, Self, Suffering

  1961 Speech to British industrialists, London, 17 Oct.

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