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> [Mineral water is a preposterous vanity, either bottled in glass which is stupidly heavy to freight, or in plastic that ends up in one of the plastic patches the size of Texas occupying our oceans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/mineral-water-is-a-preposterous-vanity-either-bottled-in-glass-which/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

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## More by Giles Coren

> [My dad was undeniably famous when I was a kid - he was on Wogan and Clive James and the radio every week, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/my-dad-was-undeniably-famous-when-i-was-a-kid-he-was-on-wogan-and/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [Gradually, I developed opinions about food, and my French friends taught me that you have to complain in a restaurant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/gradually-i-developed-opinions-about-food-and-my-french-friends/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [A man of strong opinions is one thing. But a man whose strong opinions depend entirely on how he is feeling in that instant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/a-man-of-strong-opinions-is-one-thing-but-a-man-whose-strong-opinions/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [As a broadly left-wing, environmentally aware urban believer in anthropogenic global warming, I am all for a total ban on motor vehicles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/as-a-broadly-left-wing-environmentally-aware-urban-believer-in/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [Not since Ancient Greece have cities been thought of as the ideal living environment for humans. And that was so long ago it predates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/not-since-ancient-greece-have-cities-been-thought-of-as-the-ideal/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [In the beginning, we huddled in cities for our own protection. We built walls around them with slits through which to fire arrows at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/in-the-beginning-we-huddled-in-cities-for-our-own-protection-we-built/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [It was fine for my Polish Ashkenazi forebears to live on dumplings and potatoes, because they laboured in the fields. But that diet is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/it-was-fine-for-my-polish-ashkenazi-forebears-to-live-on-dumplings/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [I was 41 when I became a dad. I try to be as much fun as my father was, but I'm at home more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/i-was-41-when-i-became-a-dad-i-try-to-be-as-much-fun-as-my-father-was/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [Instant gratification is bringing this planet to its knees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/instant-gratification-is-bringing-this-planet-to-its-knees/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [People think you get paid millions by the BBC if you're famous, but me? Me, I'm in the Premier Inn in Gillingham.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/people-think-you-get-paid-millions-by-the-bbc-if-you-re-famous-but-me/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [All I care about is that people who like me think I'm funny. I get on with writing pretty straight-down the line, old-fashioned stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/all-i-care-about-is-that-people-who-like-me-think-i-m-funny-i-get-on/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [Gentile smoked salmon is all... muscular and smells of smoke. It's not very fatty. They don't understand - smoked salmon should be almost spreadable!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/gentile-smoked-salmon-is-all-muscular-and-smells-of-smoke-it-s-not/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [I tried to leave the city once, for one of those other places. And, my God, the silence. I could hear myself think, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/i-tried-to-leave-the-city-once-for-one-of-those-other-places-and-my/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [As drivers desert the city I find myself clinging more and more to my father's belief that a man without a car is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/as-drivers-desert-the-city-i-find-myself-clinging-more-and-more-to-my/)

[Giles Coren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-coren/)

> [I let the other reviewers eat the bad meals, so that I didn't have to, and my wife and I went out only for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-coren/i-let-the-other-reviewers-eat-the-bad-meals-so-that-i-didn-t-have-to/)

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