Lord Mountbatten Quotes

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.

As a military man who has given half a century of active service I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept - if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.

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

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

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

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.

I have been driven demented in my career.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

I am much more intelligent than you think.

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

You can divide my life into two.

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

If you've got it, wear it.