The quotations are arranged by author name. Current counts: Authors: 8,146. Quotations: 38,970 Select the first character of the author's last name that you want to look at: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

---

Alan Coren

b: Paddington, London, England, Jun 27, 1938

d: London, England, Oct 18, 2007

Alan Coren was an English humorist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for nine years was the editor of Punch magazine.

---

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

I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.