Quotes from Prince Charles

As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off.

The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character.

I'm not very good at being a performing monkey.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.

Be neither too remote nor too familiar.

Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress?

You don't want to see me all the time. You get bored.

It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage.

Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.

I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.

I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants.

We might be more inclined to think about the longer term if we were more aware of what is happening around us. Perhaps daily weather forecasts could include a few basic facts about the Earth's vital signs or details of where climate change is increasing the likelihood of damaging weather?

Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.

We would never comment on private correspondence.

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

The medieval Islamic world, from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic, was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished. But because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture, society, and system of belief, we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our own history.

I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry.

It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science.

Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum.

As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration.

Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole.

As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.