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Lord Mountbatten Quotes
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Soldier Quotes
Category:
British Soldier Quotes
Date of Birth:
June 25, 1900
Date of Death:
August 27, 1979
Nationality:
British
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Lord Mountbatten

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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

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

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

I am much more intelligent than you think.
Lord Mountbatten

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

I have been driven demented in my career.
Lord Mountbatten

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

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

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

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

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
Lord Mountbatten

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

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

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

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

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

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
Lord Mountbatten

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

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

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

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