Lord Mountbatten Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

I am much more intelligent than you think.

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

You can divide my life into two.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

I have been driven demented in my career.

If you've got it, wear it.

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

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

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

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

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

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

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

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

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

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

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

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