If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.
PRINCE PHILIPIf it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.
More Prince Philip Quotes
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We live in what virtually amounts to a museum – which does not happen to a lot of people.
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Wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect.
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So who’s on drugs here? He looks as if he’s on drugs.
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British women can’t cook.
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You could do with losing a little bit of weight.
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All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.
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Tolerance is the one essential ingredient. You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance.
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I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.
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I can’t remember names and things.
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Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
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Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age.
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My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.
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It’s much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you’re so doddery it’s time you went.
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There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done before.
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Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.
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