How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Big Lebowski.
Quote #1
BIG LEBOWSKI: Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the person?
Big's right—he's under no real obligation to help The Dude with his rug problem, no matter how well that rug tied the room together. But he's looking at it from a logical, rules-based point of view. The Dude is actually just after some human decency from a rich guy who might feel bad that somebody less fortunate and with the same name incurred some property damage because of the mistaken identity. Remember, it's Walter, with his overblown sense of right and wrong, who convinces The Dude to visit Big in the first place.
Quote #2
BUNNY: Uli doesn't care about anything … he's a nihilist.
Existential nihilism is basically the belief that the world has no meaning or purpose. Which means that law and order is meaningless, too. Which means that anything goes.
Quote #3
Walter Sobchak draws a firearm on a mild-mannered player named Smokey during a bowling league tournament, forcing Smokey to mark the frame 0 instead of 8 because Walter believes Smokey stepped over the line.
There is no universe in which drawing a firearm is the right way to fix a bowling disagreement. This is just one example of how Walter overreacts when he thinks someone's broken a rule he thinks is important. Apparently, the rule against not shooting your bowling buddy is forgotten in all of this.