Alan CorenThinkers

The Celebrity is a personality, which is not the same as having a personality.

Democracy is choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

France is the largest country in Europe, a great boon for drunks who need room to fall.

Frenchman is a short, blue-vested people who carry their own onions when cycling abroad, and have a yard which is 3.37 inches longer than other people's.

The Italian is a cowardly baritone who consumes 78.3 kilometres of carbohydrates a month and drives about in a car slightly smaller than he is, looking for a divorce.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want... it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

Malta is the only place in the world where the local delicacy is the bread.

Oxford is like a chat show, but with more people.

Television is more interesting than people... if it were not, we should have people standing in the corners of our rooms.

The Windmill is a thing invented for the sole purpose of filling up the blank bits in the back of 16th-century Flemish paintings.