„If they invent a four legged chicken," Will said, "Horace will think he's gone to Heaven.“
Quelle: Erak's Ransom
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„Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.“
— George Orwell, buch Farm der Tiere
Quelle: Animal Farm

— George Orwell, buch Farm der Tiere
Variante: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Quelle: Animal Farm

„Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.“
— Rick Riordan, Das Zeichen der Athene
Quelle: The Mark of Athena

„Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs."“
— Pliny the Younger Roman writer 61 - 113
Letter 5, 14.
Letters, Book I

— Margaret Cho American stand-up comedian 1968
What does he think I'm gonna do? "Dis is not de salad of my people! In my homeland, dey use mandarin orange slices...and crispy wonton crunches!"
From Her Tours and CDs, Revolution Tour

— Charles Dickens English writer and social critic and a Journalist 1812 - 1870
Charles Reade, A Simpleton (1873)
Misattributed

— P. D. Ouspensky Russian esotericist 1878 - 1947
Card I : The Magician
The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)
Kontext: With his hands he unites heaven and earth, and the four elements that form the world are controlled by him.
The four symbols before him are the four letters of the name of God, the signs of the four elements, fire, water, air, earth."
I trembled before the depth of the mysteries A touched... The words I heard seemed to be littered by the Great Magician himself, and it was as though he spoke in me.
I was in deep trepidation and at moment I felt there was nothing, before me except the blue sky; but within me a window opened through which I could see unearthly things. and hear unearthly words.

— Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh member of the British Royal Family, consort to Queen Elizabeth II 1921
1986 statement as quoted in "Long line of princely gaffes", BBC News (1 March 2002)
1980s

— William Gibson American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre 1948
Referring to his belief that it's possible for religions to help people.
No Maps for These Territories (2000)

— Alfred Binet French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test 1857 - 1911
Alfred Binet (1909, 118) as cited in: Seymour Bernard Sarason, John Doris (1979), Educational handicap, public policy, and social history. p. 32
Modern ideas about children, 1909/1975