Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule.

We're attracted to bad guys, and we like to follow bad guys, because they do things that we want to do but just don't do, for whatever reasons.

I did toy with the idea of doing a cook-book. . . . I think a lot of people who hate literature but love fried eggs would buy it if the price was right.

God is bigger than every issue you will ever have to face, and you can do whatever you need to do through Christ who strengthens you.

I'll listen to pretty much anything good, but I probably listen to more "electronic" music than anything else.

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.

The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.

In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.