Top 15 George V Quotes

They make me look like a stuffed monkey.

It's the shortest one I know.

What did you do about peeing?

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

Golf always makes me so damned angry.

Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

But, remember, I wish to have the best collection, not just one of the best collections in England.

I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien.

You dress like a cad. You act like a cad. You are a cad.

I look upon him as the greatest criminal known for having plunged the world into war.

After you've met one hundred and fifty Lord Mayors, they all begin to look the same.

After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.

I said to your predecessor: 'You know what they're all saying, no more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.' The fellow didn't even laugh.

I appeal to all Irishmen to pause, to stretch out the hand of forbearance and conciliation, to forgive and to forget, and to join in making for the land which they love a new era of peace, contentment, and good will... May this historic gathering be the prelude of a day in which the Irish people, North and South, under one Parliament or two, as those Parliaments may themselves decide, shall work together in common love for Ireland upon the sure foundation of mutual justice and respect.