Prince Philip Quotes

Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be honest and severe in your self-appraisal. Learn the art of learning, and you are well on the way to achievement. True greatness is reflective, not assertive.

Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit

What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.

When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.

Without so much as turning a hair I freely admit that I am one of America's greatest realists.

I'm not very wise to many things.

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

The longer I'm alive, the more I realize how little I know. Pretending that you know everything about every topic, and being very vocal about it? That's an instant turnoff.

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

If you don't know something, admit it. But, try to impress them with what you do know.

One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.

Who knows most, doubts most.

I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well, but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.

Learn to say, “I don’t know.”

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Gentlemen and ladies are sure of their ground. They pretend to nothing that they are not.