Prince Philip Quotes

Quotes about:

• If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.

  Prince Philip

  Ebola, Wish, Viruses

  76 Copy quote

• When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

  Prince Philip

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  1580 Copy quote

• 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.

  Prince Philip

  Wings, Swim, Submarines

  "Wince Philip: Prince's Most Famous Comments and Clangers". www.theguardian.com. May 04, 2017.

  28 Copy quote

• Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.

  Prince Philip

  Cannibalism, Problem, Realistic

  68 Copy quote

• People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.

  Prince Philip

  Girl, Thinking, Class

  67 Copy quote

• I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.

  Prince Philip

  Russia, Dukes, Edinburgh

  60 Copy quote

• I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.

  Prince Philip

  Thinking, Wife, Edinburgh

  Speech in London, 6 Dec. 1988, comparing participation in blood sports to selling slaughtered meat, in The Times 7 Dec. 1988

  38 Copy quote

• It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.

  Prince Philip

  Country, People, Classic

  "The Aristocrats: why knighting Prince Philip is a joke at Australia's expense" by Adam Brereton, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2015.

  20 Copy quote

• Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I've practised for many years.

  Prince Philip

  Years, Feet, Mouths

  29 Copy quote

• Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't curbed...We have no option. If it isn't controlled voluntarily, it will be controlled involuntarily by an increase in disease, starvation and war.

  Prince Philip

  War, Long, Growth

  20 Copy quote

• Do you still throw spears at each other?

  Prince Philip

  Edinburgh, Dukes, Classic

  "Prince Philip's Spear 'Gaffe'". Said to Australian Aborigines, news.bbc.co.uk. March 01, 2002.

  20 Copy quote

• If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed.

  Prince Philip

  Edinburgh, Ghastly, Ifs

  Remark to Edinburgh University students in Peking, 16 Oct. 1986, in 'The Times' 17 Oct. 1986

  35 Copy quote

• I just wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in an animal whose species had been so reduced in numbers than it was in danger of extinction. What would be its feelings toward the human species whose population explosion had denied it somewhere to exist. I must confess that I am tempted to ask for reincarnation as a particularly deadly virus.

  Prince Philip

  Animal, Numbers, Nwo

  Foreword to "If I Were an Animal" by Fleur Cowles, 1987.

  16 Copy quote

• I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer.

  Prince Philip

  Beer, Royal, Care

  "Prince Philip gaffes: The Duke of Edinburgh's best jokes and witticisms over the years" by Nick Gutteridge, www.express.co.uk. July 16, 2015.

  41 Copy quote

• Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.

  Prince Philip

  Change, Challenges, Doe

  33 Copy quote

• My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.

  Prince Philip

  School, Unnecessary, Favourite

  16 Copy quote

• If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she isn't interested.

  Prince Philip

  Hay, Classic, Fart

  "A Near-Kidnapping and Olympic Glory: All about the Queen's No-Frills Only Daughter, Princess Anne" by Diana Pearl, people.com. August 15, 2017.

  19 Copy quote

• [after accepting a gift from a Kenyan woman] You are a woman, aren't you?

  Prince Philip

  Classic

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

  26 Copy quote

• How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?

  Prince Philip

  Diamond Jubilee, Long, Tests

  "Prince Philip: His public life in gaffes", edition.cnn.com. May 4, 2017.

  65 Copy quote

• During the Blitz, a lot of shops had their windows blown in and put up notices saying, 'More open than usual'. I now declare this place more open than usual.

  Prince Philip

  Usual, Classic, Window

  66 Copy quote

• I've never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.

  Prince Philip

  Talking, Classic, Subjects

  10 Copy quote

• You're just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don't trust me and I don't trust you.

  Prince Philip

  Silly, Littles, Classic

  51 Copy quote

• You could do with losing a little bit of weight.

  Prince Philip

  Weight, Littles, Losing

  23 Copy quote

• A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone's working too much. Now everybody's got more leisure time they're complaining they're unemployed. People don't seem to make up their minds what they want.

  Prince Philip

  Years, People, Mind

  35 Copy quote

• So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle.

  Prince Philip

  People, Vegetarian, Vegan

  41 Copy quote

Page 1 of 5

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin