Why Quotes

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Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the… — C.S. Lewis
Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law — Ferdinand de Saussure
We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death. That's why we like all the things that we assume have no limits and, therefore,… — Umberto Eco
The best protection against propaganda of any sort is the recognition of it for what it is. Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious.… — Mortimer Adler
Since Life is but a Dream, Why toil to no avail? — Li Bai
The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting… — Du Fu
Congress' passing of the omnibus spending bill without reading it shows more than anything why they can't be trusted. — Neal Boortz
Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care,… — Neal Boortz
Where do politicians come from? Why, they come from Uranus! — Neal Boortz
I believe I know why it is satisfying to me to hear someone. When I can really hear someone, it puts me in touch with… — Carl Rogers
I thought, "Why? and how did we evolve with this weak, and useless passion in tact within the deep heart's core?" And the answer as… — Meryl Streep
Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant. — Art Linkletter
Far be it for me to have worked it out in any abstract way. I don't know why the bull and Mrs. May have to… — Flannery O'Connor
Be sure of the foundation of your life. Know why you live as you do. Be ready to give a reason for it. Do not,… — Thomas Starr King
To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, rolling on,… — Thomas Carlyle
One of the significant facts about the moment of birth is that it is an unconscious moment. No one ever knows when he is being… — Sterling W Sill
One hundred years ago, visionary political leaders from the Progressive Era established a system of national forests and parks in our country that are the… — Eban Goodstein
Well, we in America are about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty and discrimination too? — Van Jones
Why can't love be a fairy tale? — Amy Davis
"Tell me, doctor, " said the patient, "when I stand on my head, the blood rushes to it. Why doesn't it rush to my feet… — Sam Ewing
Do not be afraid of simplicity. If you have a cold chicken for supper, why cover it with a tasteless white sauce which makes it… — Marcel Boulestin
To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is impossible to do… — Nhat Hanh
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they able… — John Daido Loori
The Universe story is the quintessence of reality. We perceive the story. We put it in our language, the birds put it in theirs, and… — Thomas Berry
Time says hush: by the gong of time you live. Listen and you hear time saying you were silent long before you came to life… — Carl Sandburg

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