# Quote — Woody Allen, Mere Anarchy

> To a man standing on the shore, time passes quicker than to a man on a boat — especially if the man on the boat is with his wife.

- Author: [Woody Allen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen.md)
- Book: [Mere Anarchy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/mere-anarchy.md)
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- Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/mere-anarchy/to-a-man

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> With that, he scribbled in an additional ninety thousand dollars on the estimate, which had waxed to the girth of the Talmud while rivaling it in possible interpretations.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/mere-anarchy/with-that-he-scribbled.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)

> She quarreled with the nanny and accused her of brushing Misha's teeth sideways rather than up and down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/mere-anarchy/she-quarreled-with.md)

> Bidnick gorges himself on Viagra, but the dosage makes him hallucinate and causes him to imagine he is Pliny the Elder.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/woody-allen/mere-anarchy/bidnick-gorges-himself.md)

Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md)