Prince Philip Quotes & Sayings

We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves. — Prince Philip

It is an old cliche to say that the future is in the hands of the young. This is no longer true. The quality of life to be enjoyed or the existence to be survived by our children and future generations is in our hands now. — Prince Philip

If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, are you going to ban cricket bats? — Prince Philip

Oh! You're the people ruining the rivers. — Prince Philip

The conservation of nature, the proper care for the human environment and a general concern for the long-term future of the whole of our planet are absolutely vital if future generations are to have a chance to enjoy their existence on this earth — Prince Philip

Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses. — Prince Philip

How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test? — Prince Philip

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

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

The French don't know how to cook breakfast. — Prince Philip

I don't claim to have any special interest in natural history, but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in the number of game animals and the need to adjust the cull to the size of the surplus population. — Prince Philip

You look like you're ready for bed! — Prince Philip

You have mosquitoes. I have the Press. — Prince Philip

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

You were playing your instruments? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats? — Prince Philip

You can't have been here long, you haven't got a pot belly. — Prince Philip

Wildlife of the world is disappearing ... simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect — Prince Philip

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

Do you work in a strip club? — Prince Philip

The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined. — Prince Philip

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? — Prince Philip

They're not mating are they? — Prince Philip

I thought it was against the law for a woman to solicit. — Prince Philip

Aren't most of you descended from pirates? — Prince Philip

Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant. — Prince Philip

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

People say after a fire it's water damage that's the worst. We're still drying out Windsor Castle. — Prince Philip

You bloody silly fool! — Prince Philip

I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer! — Prince Philip

Do people trip over you? — Prince Philip

Were you here in the bad old days? ... That's why you can't read and write then! — Prince Philip

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

They have eating dogs for the anorexic now. — Prince Philip

In the end we must, I think, somehow conclude that they have as much right to this planet as we have. — Prince Philip

I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money. — Prince Philip

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed. — Prince Philip

"It looks as though it was put in by an Indian." He later backtracked: "I meant to say cowboys." — Prince Philip

There is nothing like it for morale to be reminded that the years are passing - ever more quickly - and that bits are dropping off the ancient frame. But it is nice to be remembered at all. — Prince Philip

Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat. — Prince Philip

It's not a very big one, but at least it's dead and it took an awful lot of killing! — Prince Philip

There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done before. — Prince Philip

You're not wearing mink knickers,are you? — Prince Philip

Do you still throw spears at each filmother? — Prince Philip

It's a pleasure to be in a country that isn't ruled by its people. — Prince Philip

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

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

Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education. — Prince Philip

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

If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion. — Prince Philip

It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons. — Prince Philip

Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation. — Prince Philip

Ah, you're the one who wrote the letter. So you can write then? — Prince Philip

Can you tell the difference between them? — Prince Philip

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

Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you? — Prince Philip

That's a nice tie ... Do you have any knickers in that material? — Prince Philip

If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed. — Prince Philip

I've never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing. — Prince Philip

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman. — Prince Philip

The world population 60 years ago was just over 2 billion and it's now more than 6 billion. This huge increase - an explosion really - has probably done more harm to the environment than anything else. — Prince Philip

It's no use saying do this, do that, don't do that ... it's very easy when children want something to say no immediately. I think it's quite important not to give an unequivocal answer at once. Much better to think it over. Then, if you eventually say no, I think they really accept it. — Prince Philip

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. — Prince Philip

It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on. — Prince Philip

This could only happen in a technical college. — Prince Philip

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

You managed not to get eaten then? — Prince Philip

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

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

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

So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle. — Prince Philip

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

The biggest waste of water in the country by far. You spend half a pint and flush two gallons. — Prince Philip

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. — Prince Philip

Are you running away from something? — Prince Philip

That's more than you know about anything else then. — Prince Philip

No, I'd probably end up spitting it out over everybody. — Prince Philip

If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she isn't interested. — Prince Philip

It seems to me that it's the best way of wasting money that I know of. I don't think investments on the moon pay a very high dividend. — Prince Philip

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

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. — Prince Philip

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

As so often happens, I discover that it would have been better to keep my mouth shut. — Prince Philip

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

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

So this is feminist corner then. — Prince Philip

So who's on drugs here? ... HE looks as if he's on drugs. — Prince Philip

It doesn't look like much work goes on at this university. — Prince Philip

There's a lot of your family in tonight. — Prince Philip

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 — Prince Philip

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

Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age. It is, of course, equally silly to condemn the new fangled simply because it is strange ... — Prince Philip

Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car, is it? — Prince Philip

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

What about Tom Jones? He's made a million and he's a bloody awful singer. — Prince Philip

My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work. — Prince Philip

Tolerance is the one essential ingredient ... You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance. — Prince Philip

Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease. — Prince Philip

It's a vast waste of space. — Prince Philip

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. — Prince Philip

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. — Prince Philip