Prince Philip Quotes

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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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  Ebola, Wish, Viruses

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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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  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

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

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

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  Cannibalism, Problem, Realistic

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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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  Wings, Swim, Submarines

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

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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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  Girl, Thinking, Class

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

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  Russia, Dukes, Edinburgh

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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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  Thinking, Wife, Edinburgh

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

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

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  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.

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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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  Years, Feet, Mouths

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• 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.

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  War, Long, Growth

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• Do you still throw spears at each other?

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  Edinburgh, Dukes, Classic

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

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

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  Edinburgh, Ghastly, Ifs

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

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• 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.

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

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  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.

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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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  Change, Challenges, Doe

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• My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.

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  School, Unnecessary, Favourite

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

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  Classic

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

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

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  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.

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

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  Diamond Jubilee, Long, Tests

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

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• 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.

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  Usual, Classic, Window

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• If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort - provided you don't travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.

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  Class, Appreciate, Design

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

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  Silly, Littles, Classic

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• In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

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  Death, Suicide, Nwo

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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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  Communication, Mouths, Happens

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• So who's on drugs here?... He looks as if he's on drugs.

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  Drug, Looks, Classic

  "Pass notes, No 2,987: Prince Philip". www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2011.

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