Skip to content
quotesby

I thought of that old joke: This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, 'Doc, my brother's crazy, he thinks he's a chicken.' And the doctor says, 'Well why don't you turn him in?' and the guy says, 'I would, but I need the eggs.' Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships. They're totally irrational and crazy and absurd, but I guess we keep going through it because most of us need the eggs.

Woody Allen#59

HumorRelationshipsLove

About this quote

What does it mean?
Relationships are irrational and crazy, but we stay for the benefits.
In plain terms
Love is crazy but we do it anyway.
What can you take from it?
We endure chaos for the payoff.

Where it applies

  • dating
  • marriage advice

Putting it to work

  • accepting relationship flaws

Questions to consider

  • Why stay in bad relationships?
  • Is love rational?

Another view

It implies staying is purely transactional.

More from Woody Allen

  1. The... the other important joke, for me, is one that's usually attributed to Groucho Marx; but, I think it appears originally in Freud's 'Wit and Its Relation …

    Permalink to quote #58
  2. This is so antiseptic. It's empty. Why do you think this is funny? You're going by audience reaction? This is an audience that's raised on television, their st…

    Permalink to quote #60
  3. There's an old joke... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, 'Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.' The other on…

    Permalink to quote #57

Related quotes

  1. To win a woman in the first place one must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her. Finally, so she will allow you to leave …

    Jean GiraudouxJean Giraudoux quote #1
  2. I love being married, I do. It's so great to find that one special person that you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

    Rita RudnerRita Rudner quote #2
  3. I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.

    W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields quote #5