Lord Mountbatten quotes:

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

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

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

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

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?

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 have had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral

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

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

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.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

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

I have been driven demented in my career.

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

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.

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

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

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

Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.

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

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

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

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

If you've got it, wear it.

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

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

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

You can divide my life into two.

I am much more intelligent than you think.