110+ Prince Philip Quotes On Chinese, Queen Elizabeth And Overpopulation
Prince Philip is a member of the British Royal Family and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He is the Duke of Edinburgh and was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He has been an important part of the British Royal Family since his marriage to the Queen in 1947. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Prince Philip on chinese, queen elizabeth, overpopulation.
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Top 10 Prince Philip Quotes
- When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
- 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.
- How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?
- Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.
- You're just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don't trust me and I don't trust you.
- The bastards murdered half my family.
- People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.
- If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.
- In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.
- So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle.
Prince Philip Short Quotes
- If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed.
- I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.
- I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.
- A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.
- I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer.
- You can't have been here long, you haven't got a pot belly.
- I never see any home cooking - all I get is fancy stuff.
- It's a vast waste of space.
- British women can't cook.
- Can you tell the difference between them?
Prince Philip Quotes About Enjoying
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
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
We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves. — Prince Philip
Prince Philip Quotes About Leisure
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
Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed. — 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
Prince Philip Famous Quotes And Sayings
A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. — Prince Philip
Wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect. — Prince Philip
Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat. — Prince Philip
We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun. You just got on with it! — Prince Philip
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. — 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
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
It's difficult to see how it's possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs. — 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
That's a nice tie... Do you have any knickers in that material? — 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
There's a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes? — Prince Philip
The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined. — 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
Deaf? If you're near there, no wonder you are deaf. — Prince Philip
You're not wearing mink knickers,are you? — 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 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
Do you still throw spears at each other? — Prince Philip
If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she isn't interested. — Prince Philip
You managed not to get eaten then? — Prince Philip
You look like you're ready for bed! — Prince Philip
Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car, is it? — 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
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
The biggest waste of water in the country by far. You spend half a pint and flush two gallons. — 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
Aren't most of you descended from pirates? — Prince Philip
You have mosquitoes. I have the Press. — Prince Philip
There's a lot of your family in tonight. — Prince Philip
If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion. — Prince Philip
People say after a fire it's water damage that's the worst. We're still drying out Windsor Castle. — 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
Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now? — Prince Philip
We go into the red next year... I shall have to give up polo. — Prince Philip
Do you work in a strip club? — Prince Philip
You were playing your instruments? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats? — Prince Philip
"It looks as though it was put in by an Indian." He later backtracked: "I meant to say cowboys." — Prince Philip
My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work. — Prince Philip
So this is feminist corner then. — Prince Philip
This could only happen in a technical college. — 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
It's not a very big one, but at least it's dead and it took an awful lot of killing! — Prince Philip
Oh! You're the people ruining the rivers. — Prince Philip
They're not mating are they? — Prince Philip
Are you running away from something? — 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
Were you here in the bad old days? ... That's why you can't read and write then! — Prince Philip
Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant. — 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
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
And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith. — 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
Do people trip over you? — Prince Philip
It makes you all look like Dracula's daughters! — Prince Philip
We live in what virtually amounts to a museum - which does not happen to a lot of people. — Prince Philip
The French don't know how to cook breakfast. — Prince Philip
Constitutionally I don't exist. — 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
I don't know how they're going to integrate in places like Glasgow and Sheffield. — Prince Philip
I suppose I'd get in trouble if I were to melt them down. — 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
It doesn't look like much work goes on at this university. — Prince Philip
[after accepting a gift from a Kenyan woman] You are a woman, aren't you? — Prince Philip
No, I'd probably end up spitting it out over everybody. — Prince Philip
And what exotic part of the world do you come from? — 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
You could do with losing a little bit of weight. — Prince Philip
I've never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing. — Prince Philip
Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species. — 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
Ah, you're the one who wrote the letter. So you can write then. — 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
I thought it was against the law for a woman to solicit. — Prince Philip
All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury. — Prince Philip
It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people. — Prince Philip
Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you? — Prince Philip
Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education. — Prince Philip
Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses. — 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
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
It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons. — Prince Philip
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
We don't come here for our health. — Prince Philip
Life Lessons by Prince Philip
- Prince Philip's life of service to the British monarchy is an example of dedication and commitment to a cause.
- He demonstrated the importance of humility and respect for others, regardless of their social status.
- His work also showed that a life of service can bring about meaningful change and make a positive impact on the world.
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