Why Quotes
22640 quotes by 9675 authors
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If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot be damned; alas;…
— John Donne
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'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and…
— Michael Koryta
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The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely on charity, dry…
— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
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For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists in astronautics. I can now reveal that every day,…
— Gordon Cooper
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Why can't women tell jokes? Because we marry them!
— Kathy Lette
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There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and…
— Unknown Author
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There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most…
— Oprah Winfrey
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I can accomplish far more than I have, and I will, for why would the miracle which produced me end with my birth? Why can…
— Og Mandino
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Forever, and forever, farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; If not, why then this parting was well made.
— William Shakespeare
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly…
— Walter Bagehot
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I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be…
— Elie Wiesel
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See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing…
— Alexis Arguello
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Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?
— Joe Louis
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Why should I pay the bums all that good folding money and then go out and do all the work myself?
— Tony Galento
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If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit Nijinsky? And why…
— A J Liebling
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They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else,…
— Oscar Wilde
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I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon…
— Albert Einstein
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Chocolates and cakes are the biggest problem I have. That is why I punish myself at the gym because I know I can't stop myself…
— Genevieve Nnaji
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That's why I was out in the streets. To make sure no one else was there.
— Unknown Author
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Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?
— Amy Harmon
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