Woody Allen


[From "Without Feathers"]
Actor: So what do you do for a living?
Doris: I work for a company that makes deceptively shallow serving
dishes for Chinese restaurants.

     As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

     Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

[From "Without Feathers"] If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

     It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

     It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

     More than any time in history, mankind now faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

     Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.

     The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

     To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

[From "Without Feathers"] What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.

[From "Without Feathers"] What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?

     When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

[From "Without Feathers"] Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

[From "Sleeper"] Yes, that was Richard Nixon. He used to be President. When he left the White House, the Secret Service would count the silverware.