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.

About Woody Allen

Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. As a screenwriter, Allen holds the record of most wins (3) and nominations (16) for the Academy...

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To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer, to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore to be happy one must love or love to suffer. Or suffer from too much happiness.

—Woody Allen

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

—Woody Allen

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I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

—Woody Allen

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

—Woody Allen

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.

—Woody Allen

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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

—Henry David Thoreau

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As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.

—Laurie Helgoe in Introvert Power

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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

—Hedy Lamarr

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The comfortable people in tight houses felt pity at first, and then distaste, and finally hatred for the migrant people.

—John Steinbeck

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Life is full of so much that you refuse to let yourself experience. The blanketing comfort of love, the fulfillment of contagious laughter, the peace of finding true joy, the butterflies of uncontainable excitement… these are all things that make up life. They should never be taken for granted.

—L.B. Simmons in The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

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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.