Why Quotes

22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? — Pablo Casals
One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time… — June Carter Cash
If I'm hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, 'Hey, why don't you go downstairs and start a new novel?' — Nick Cave
L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. — Nick Cave
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I… — Dick Cavett
There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around. — Vinton Cerf
The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it. — Paul Cezanne
When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?' — Jackie Chan
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training. — Jackie Chan
Doctors and nurses, with their training and their experiences, they would be able to detect unusual patterns of disease. That's why we say it is… — Margaret Chan
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be… — Chanakya
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. — Fred Allen
I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. — Coco Chanel
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat… — Charlie Chaplin
In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? — James Allen
Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be… — Dick Cheney
I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously… — Dick Cheney
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I… — Julia Child
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle… — Lydia M. Child
Why go through life feeling cheated? It does nothing but make you bitter. — Margaret Cho
People are really terrified of me. I don't know why, I'm very nice, but people are very intimidated by me. — Margaret Cho

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