More from Duke of Edinburgh Philip

  1. The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
  2. 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.
  3. A new criterion has been added, the conservation of the environment so that in the long run life, including human life, can continue. This …
  4. Speaking to a driving instructor in Scotland, he asked: 'How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test…
  5. 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 e…
  6. When visiting China in 1986, he told a group of British students, 'If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed'.[1]
  7. It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer. If you get a silly answ…
  8. After accepting a gift from a Kenyan citizen he replied, 'You are a woman, aren't you?'[1]

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