he’s always the boss

LARRY: Well, she’s, she’s seeing Sy Ableman.

RABBI SCOTT: Oh.

LARRY: She’s, they’re planning, that’s why they want the get.

RABBI SCOTT: Oh. I’m sorry.

LARRY: It was his idea.

RABBI SCOTT: Well, they do need a get to remarry in the faith. But this is life. For you too. You can’t cut yourself off from the mystical or you’ll be — you’ll remain — completely lost. You have to see these things as expressions of God’s will. You don’t have to like it, of course.

LARRY: The boss isn’t always right, but he’s always the boss.

RABBI SCOTT: Ha-ha-ha! That’s right, things aren’t so bad. Look at the parking lot, Larry. [Rabbi Scott gazes out, marveling.] Just look at that parking lot.

— The Coen Brothers, A Serious Man