Woody Allen Quotes

If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.
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I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.
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Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats. Woody Allen

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
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Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
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Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
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It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better ... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
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I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
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Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
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Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
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Being bisexual doubles your chance of a date on Saturday night.
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Eighty percent of success is showing up.
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How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don't even know how the can opener works!
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I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
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The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.
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In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.
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I could tell by the sound of your voice over the phone. Very authoritative you know, like the Pope or the computer in 2001.
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When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
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I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
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Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
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I thought your line was great about, uh, "life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." I mean, it's completely true.
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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
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Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
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Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought -- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
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It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
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It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
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Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.
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Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
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The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more.
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Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.
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Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.Woody Allen
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
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Sex without love is an empty gesture. But as empty gestures go, it is one of the best.
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Why are our days numbered and not, say lettered?
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Sex between 2 people is a beautiful thing; between 5 it's fantastic...
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To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
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At the moment it's just a Notion, but with a bit of backing I think I could turn it into Concept, and then an Idea.
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What do I dislike about death? Must be the hours.
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Eighty percent of success is showing up.
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Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
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Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.
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You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
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He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian.
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His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.
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I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
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I am two with nature.
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I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
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I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
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I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.
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I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
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I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
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I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
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I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.
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I ran into Isosceles. He had a great idea for a new triangle!
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I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
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I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.
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I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
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I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.'
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I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
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I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead.
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I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse.
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I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
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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 .
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I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.
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If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.
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If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.
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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
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If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
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If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
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In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
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It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
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It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
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It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
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Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
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Life is divided up into the horrible and the miserable.
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Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
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Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.
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Marriage is the death of hope.
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Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
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Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.
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My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker.
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My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
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Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down .
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Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.
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Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.
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Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.
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Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.
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Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words.
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Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.
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The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.
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The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
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The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
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There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
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Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
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To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
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Tradition is the illusion of permanance.
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What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
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In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.
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What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream?
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Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.
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Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love.
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Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
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Sex between a man and a woman can be absolutely wonderful - provided you get between the right man and the right woman.
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My love life is terrible. The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty.
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Love is the answer - but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.
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I'm such a good lover because I practise a lot on my own.
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The food in this place is really terrible. Yes, and such small portions. That's essentially how I feel about life.
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When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
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When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
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Who bothers to cook TV dinners? I suck them frozen.
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Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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