Quote

We don't come here for our health.

Prince Philip

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Prince Philip
Age: 99 †
Born: 1921
Born: June 10
Died: 2021
Died: April 9
Aristocrat
Military Officer
Politician
Polo Player
Royalty
Palaiopolis museum
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
Philip Mountbatten
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
The Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
Come
Classic
Health

More quotes by Prince Philip

Image
Were you here in the bad old days? ... That's why you can't read and write then!
Prince Philip
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Tolerance is the one essential ingredient ... You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance.
Prince Philip
Image
Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?
Prince Philip
Image
There's a cord sticking out of the back. Might you tell me where it goes?
Prince Philip
Image
We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.
Prince Philip
Image
Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you?
Prince Philip
Image
The French don't know how to cook breakfast.
Prince Philip
Image
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
Image
You were playing your instruments? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats?
Prince Philip
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species.
Prince Philip
Image
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
Image
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
Image
I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.
Prince Philip
Image
I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.
Prince Philip
Image
I suppose I'd get in trouble if I were to melt them down.
Prince Philip