Alleged last words in 1936, in response to being told that he would soon be well enough to visit the seaside resort Bognor Regis. Another theory is this dates from the King's 1928/9 recuperative visit. Local dignitaries went to see the King's private secretary Stamfordham petitioning to have the town renamed Bognor Regis. The King told Stamfordham "Bugger Bognor", which he translated as the King would be pleased to grant their request. Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century - quoting Kenneth Rose's biography of the King.
They make me look like a stuffed monkey.
Said about two postage stamps issued in 1911.
King George V to Sir Thomas Beecham on the opera La Bohème, on why it was his favourite.
Said to Charles Lindberg after he flew the Atlantic solo in an aeroplane.
But, remember, I wish to have the best collection, not just one of the best collections in England.
King George V to J.A. Tilleard, Honorary Secretary, Philatelic Society, on appointing him as Philatelist to the King.
I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien.
Said in response to H. G. Wells's criticism of his "alien - i.e. German descended and uninspiring court.