Prince Philip Quotes - Page 4

Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: 'Kill a cat and save a bird?'

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

They're a damn nuisance - I've got one in my bathroom and every time I run my bath the steam sets it off.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

It's a vast waste of space.

There's a lot of your family in tonight.

I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.

The French don't know how to cook breakfast.

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.

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.

Do people trip over you?

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

Are you running away from something?

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.

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

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

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

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

You managed not to get eaten then?

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