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

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

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

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

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

You can divide my life into two.

I am much more intelligent than you think.

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.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

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

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.

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

I have been driven demented in my career.

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

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

This is the war I fear.