Why Quotes

22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors

Why is it that in this courtroom I face a white magistrate, am confronted by a white prosecutor and escorted into the dock by a… — Nelson Mandela
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? — Sophocles
Best Buy. I heard recently they are downsizing and I got sad! I remember when Circuit City was around, I never understood why people would… — Kerry King
The things that scare me are real life situations. Real life is much more scary than anything you can put on the movie screen. Which… — Corey Taylor
Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions. — Fernando Pessoa
Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone.… — Arthur Rimbaud
People can travel great distances on a computer, so why can't we travel that way emotionally? — Tori Amos
We all get intimidated by showing ourselves, for whatever reason, we think, If I really show who I am, and someone goes [pfftt] then it's… — Tori Amos
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors? — Thomas Hobbes
Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow. — Joseph Estrada
My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we… — Imelda Marcos
Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that… — Imelda Marcos
It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why they… — David Baldacci
The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot… — David Baldacci
Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it? — David Baldacci
I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children;… — Danielle Steel
Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be alone… — George Leigh Mallory
Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans — Muhammad Ali
Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people… — Muhammad Ali
Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater! — Muhammad Ali
Why isn’t it fun to watch a videotape of last night’s football game even when we don’t know who won? Because the fact that the… — Daniel Gilbert
The social intuitionist model offers an explanation of why moral and political arguments are so frustrating: because moral reasons are the tail wagged by the… — Jonathan Haidt
Why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms. — Charles Darwin
Consequently, if my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably… — Charles Darwin
Why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and… — Sylvia Plath

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