How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Annie Hall.
Quote #7
PARTY GUEST: I forgot my mantra.
The guests at Tony's groovy L.A. party border on cartoon characters in their ridiculousness.
Quote #8
ALVY: 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?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships; you know, they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, I guess we keep going through it because most of us need the eggs.
This quote is so vital to understanding the movie that we've included it in two different themes. Check it out: the egg joke conveys the main idea of the entire movie—that love, with all of its ups and downs, is totally absurd, but, in the end, we need it.