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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He was the longest-serving, oldest-ever spouse of a reigning British monarch, and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family.
Also known as: Duke of Edinburgh, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip
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It looks as if it was put in by an Indian.
Can you tell the difference between them?
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.
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.
The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962–77 (1978)
People usually say that after a fire it is water damage that is the worst. We are still trying to dry out Windsor Castle.
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.
The difference between a free society and one in which all issues are governed by inflexible dogma is the constant change of ideas. I hope this book helps people to see some of the problems of this life from a different point of view.
You managed not to get eaten then?
It looks like a tart's bedroom.
Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?
Constitutionally I don't exist.
You have mosquitoes. I have the Press.
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.
The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962–77 (1978)
Ninety-five per cent of the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil has disappeared in the last hundred years. There is simply nowhere for the animals to live. At the basis of it all is this colossal increase in the human population which is reaching plague proportions.
You look like you’re ready for bed!
You are a woman, aren't you?
Have you run over anybody?
There may be disagreements about the time scale, but in principle there can be little doubt that the population cannot go on increasing indefinitely. Resources presently being used will not last for ever and pollution in its broadest sense, unless severely checked, is bound to increase with population and industrial activity.
The Environmental Revolution: Speeches on Conservation, 1962–77 (1978)
Is it made with Liffey water?
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