Pidän kovasti Woody Allenista, hänen huumoristaan ja elokuvistaan. Allenhan tekee usein huumoria myös juutalaisuudestaan. No, jokin aika sitten tuli ostettua antologia Woodyn kirjoituksia, lyhyitä humoristisia juttuja. Ohessa muutama lyhyt lainaus tekstistä My Philosophy - viimeinen noista sopinee hyvin ateistinkin suuhun. ;)
"It is impossible to experience one's own death objectively and still carry a tune."
"The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind - a pretty uncomportable thought, particurelarly if you've just made a down payment on a house."
"Eternal nothingness is O.K. if you're dressed for it."
"If only Dionysus were alive! Where would he eat?"
"Not only there is no God, but try getting a plummer on weekends."
"It is impossible to experience one's own death objectively and still carry a tune."
"The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind - a pretty uncomportable thought, particurelarly if you've just made a down payment on a house."
"Eternal nothingness is O.K. if you're dressed for it."
"If only Dionysus were alive! Where would he eat?"
"Not only there is no God, but try getting a plummer on weekends."
Vastaukset 2
Vanhimmat
Minulta on jäänyt Allenin leffat näkemättä sen takia, että ne asiat joiden ärsyttävyys piti naurattaa tosikkoa vain ärsyttivät.
The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife -- a depressing thought, particularly for those who have bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held.
-- Woody Allen, "The Early Essays," Without Feathers
I do occasionally envy the person who is religious naturally, without being brainwashed into it or suckered into it by all the organized hustles.
-- Woody Allen, Rolling Stone, 1987
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
-- Woody Allen, "Selections from the Allen Notebooks," in New Yorker, Nov. 5, 1973
Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.
-- Woody Allen, "My Philosophy," The New Yorker (December 27, 1969), Getting Even "My Philosophy" (1971)
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
-- Woody Allen, Without Feathers, 1975
If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
-- Woody Allen (attributed: source unknown)
To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
-- Woody Allen (attributed: source unknown)
In real life, Keaton believes in God. But she also believes that the radio works because there are tiny people inside it.
-- Woody Allen, (attributed: source unknown)
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work ... I want to achieve it through not dying.
en minä pelkää kuolemaa, en vain halua olla paikalla kun se tulee.
minulla on ikävä kohtuun, kenen tahansa kohtuun.