What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If everything is an illusion, then overpaying for a carpet is a loss.
- In plain terms
- If nothing exists, overpaying for a carpet is silly.
- What can you take from it?
- Beliefs about reality affect how we value things.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is reality an illusion?
- What do you value?
Another view
The joke relies on a specific philosophical idea.
More from Woody Allen
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Permalink to quote #49 If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Permalink to quote #51 What a wonderful thing, to be conscious! I wonder what the people in New Jersey do.
Permalink to quote #48
Related quotes
What I want to know is this: Are the stars gold paper or is the gold paper stars?
P. L. TraversP. L. Travers quote #13 ?Que os espanta, si fue mi maestro un sueno, y estoy temiendo, en mis ansias, que he de despertar y hallarme otra vez en mi cerrada prision? Y cuando no sea, e…
Pedro Calderon de la BarcaPedro Calderon de la Barca quote #5 Ex umbris et imaginibus in vertitatem!
John Henry Cardinal NewmanJohn Henry Cardinal Newman quote #9