Quotes by Lord Mountbatten - Page 1

If you've got it, wear it.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
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You can divide my life into two.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Divides
Two
Life My Life Two
Divide
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I have been driven demented in my career.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Careers
Demented
Driven
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I am much more intelligent than you think.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Intelligent
Thinking
I Am More Think
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Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Problem
Rich
Rich Women
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I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Jobs
Men
Odd
Suppose
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Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Butlers
Labour
Vote
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My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Military
Trophies
Usefulness
Exceeded
Trophy
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I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Get Back
Sea
Rattled
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The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Factors
Speed
Successful
Attack
Factor
Primary
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In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
British
Computer
President
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Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Ira
Target
Thinking
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Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Dazed
Bit
Feeling
Grand
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The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Confidence
Smile
Decision
Implicit
Should Have
Team
Decisions
Captain
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I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Jobs
Born
Long
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Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Aunt
Charming
Crazy
Lunatic
Sweet
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Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Men
War
Fabric
Life War Men
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I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Almighty
Believe
Goodness
Vanity
Check
Consummate
Firmly
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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Precise
Truman
Turns
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It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Curious
Done
Said
Life Done My Life
Life My Life Done
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It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Entered
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It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Jobs
Father
Mind
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No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Knowledge
Floating
Grew
Mulberry
Harbor
Slowly
Invented
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Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Advice
Criticism
Giving
Piece
Province
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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?
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Jobs
Kings
Firsts
Prime Minister
Refuse
Asked
Minister
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I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Death
Memorial
Prayer
Thinking
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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.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Children
Father
My Children
Afraid
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Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Animal
Bursting
Determination
Political
Churchill
Political Animal
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The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
War
Military
Race
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My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Children
Grandchildren
Mother
Thinking
Worry
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Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
Children
Parent
Philip
Real
Royal
Royal Family
Absolute
Charles
Parents
Prince Charles
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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.
Lord Mountbatten / Former Viceroy Of India
War
Military
Powerful
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