Sadly, as with so much about history's heroes, it's the spotting of potential fame that's the difficulty, whether it's publishing their poems, hanging their paintings, or buying their old underwear. Think of the great men whose lives passed in penury and hacking coughs due to public unawareness that their littlest possession would end up at Sothebys or the basement at Fort Knox.
Being a personality is not the same thing as having a personality. - Alan Coren
Being a personality is not the same thing as having a personality.
- Alan Coren
The word "souvenir" has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless; but even to… - Alan Coren
The word "souvenir" has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless; but even to…
All I know of birds to this date is that sparrows are the ones that are not pigeons. - Alan Coren
All I know of birds to this date is that sparrows are the ones that are not pigeons.
I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things. - Alan Coren
I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.
There are many mysteries in old age but the greatest, surely, is this: in those adverts for walk-in bathtubs, why doesn't all the water gush out when… - Alan Coren
There are many mysteries in old age but the greatest, surely, is this: in those adverts for walk-in bathtubs, why doesn't all the water gush out when…
In the days when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and th… - Alan Coren
In the days when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and th…
Strictly speaking, the land does not exist; it is merely dehydrated sea. - Alan Coren
Strictly speaking, the land does not exist; it is merely dehydrated sea.
Enjoy your life today because yesterday had gone and tomorrow may never come - Alan Coren
Enjoy your life today because yesterday had gone and tomorrow may never come
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. - Alan Coren
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.
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