The tear of a group of people on the moral high ground

Kameron 2022-09-21 09:40:10

When everyone lives according to a standard, but raises this standard to morality, it is the kidnapping of sentient beings. When everyone is establishing a view of right and wrong, yes or no seems to be less important, what is important is to live less painfully within the existing social rules. Woody Allen's tone, even the irony, is so mischievous, there is no logic for granted, and there is no happiness for all moral needs, only Woody Allen's unique understanding of the world. Whether you like it or not. Not being flattering is the funniest kind of flattering.

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Irrational Man quotes

  • [first lines]

    Abe: [narrating] Kant said human reason is troubled by questions that it cannot dismiss, but also cannot answer. Okay, so, what are we talking about here? Morality? Choice? The randomness of life? Aesthetics? Murder?

    Jill: I think Abe was crazy from the beginning. Was it from stress? Was it anger? Was he disgusted by what he saw as life's never-ending suffering? Or was he simply bored by the meaninglessness of day-to-day existence? He was so damn interesting. And different. And a good talker. And he could always cloud the issue with words.

    Abe: Where to begin? You know, the existentialists feel nothing happens until you hit absolute rock bottom. Well, let's say that when I went to teach at Braylin College, emotionally, I was at Zabriskie Point. Of course, my reputation, or should I say a reputation, preceded me.

  • Abe Lucas: Jill had been right in her appraisal of me. I was teetering on the brink of some kind of breakdown, unable to deal with my feelings of anger, frustration, futility. They say that drowning is a painless way to go.