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Prince Philip
1921 • British • Royalty
25
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Collected Meditations
Showing 25 quotesOccasionally I get fed up, going to visit a factory, when I am being shown around by the chairman, who clearly hasn't got a clue, and I try to get hold of the factory manager, but I can't because the chairman wants to make sure he's the one in all the photographs.— Prince Philip
I didn't want to be president of the World Wildlife Fund. I was asked to do it. I'd much rather have stayed in the navy, frankly.— Prince Philip
If anything, I've thought of myself as Scandinavian. Particularly, Danish. We spoke English at home.— Prince Philip
All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive.— Prince Philip
There was no precedent. If I asked somebody, 'What do you expect me to do?' they all looked blank. They had no idea; nobody had much idea.— Prince Philip
I reckon I've done my bit. I want to enjoy myself a bit now, with less responsibility, less frantic rushing about, less preparation, less trying to think of something to say.— Prince Philip
Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.— Prince Philip
In the first years of the Queen's reign, the level of adulation - you wouldn't believe it. You really wouldn't.— Prince Philip
Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.— Prince Philip
I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.— Prince Philip
You don't really want nonagenarians as heads of organisations which are trying to do something useful.— Prince Philip
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.— Prince Philip
It would have been very easy to play to the gallery, but I took a conscious decision not to do that. Safer not to be too popular. You can't fall too far.— Prince Philip