"More than at any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. I speak, by the way, not with any sense of futility, but with a panicky conviction of the absolute meaninglessness of existence that could easily be misinterpreted as pessimisim.  It is not. It is merely a healthy concern for the predicament of modern man."

    If you would like to read the complete text of this uplifting address, see Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," Side Effects, pages 79-85,  1980.