There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Albert Einstein

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Albert Einstein

Tags: age, goals, perfection, opinion

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

C. S. Lewis

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

C. S. Lewis

Tags: age, great, old age, old

About Alexander Payne

Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is noted for his satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globe Awards as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
After directing several short films, Payne made his feature film debut with the black comedy Citizen Ruth (1996). His career progressed with the political satire Election (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the comedy-drama About Schmidt (2002). Payne twice won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing his directorials Sideways (2004) and The Descendants (2011). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for these two films and for the road film Nebraska (2013). He has since directed the comedy-dramas Downsizing (2017), and The Holdovers (2023).