11 Quotes by Edward VIII

I like going there for golf. America's one vast golf course these days.

These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again.

I was shocked and angry with the startling suggestion that I should send from my land, my realm, the woman I intended to marry.

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

When you're bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else.

Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.

I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time.