Why Quotes

22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors

The ear plays the role of the guide in the museum in the concert I'm taking now. We don't have an oral guide, we have… — Daniel Barenboim
We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural… — John Blacking
I want the young people to pay attention because, see, back when I first met Barack, we started dating, he had everything going for him.… — Michelle Obama
That's why they (the Bush administration) had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only thing that would… — Nancy Pelosi
I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my… — Jim Harrison
The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in… — Mitch Daniels
Why would you hand the keys to the car back to the same guys whose policies drove the economy into the ditch and then walked… — Chris Van Hollen
The Postal Service needs tools to modernize and compete. That is why today I am a cosponsor of H.R. 22, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement… — Joe Baca
I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great.… — Lynda Barry
I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother… — Lynda Barry
Each individual has their own opinions about whether war is an answer to any problems. Personally I think it's a waste of time, but I… — Damon Albarn
Why? Why are they always wanting to kill Jews? — Alex Jones
We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The… — Laura Ingraham
I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps… — Joseph Stiglitz
I think we should all live on the precipe of life, as fully and as dangerously as possible. Everyone should make the assumption that they're… — Edward Albee
I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he… — Thierry Henry
Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships,… — Ryan Giggs
I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves. — Oskar Kokoschka
Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards? — Edvard Munch
You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much. — John Barbirolli
Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? ... It is a problem, and yet it seems to… — Hector Berlioz
We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes… — Ossie Davis
Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. — Victoria Woodhull
Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it. — Elbert Hubbard
What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway? Why should men not show that they can be fragile or seductive? I am only happy when… — Jean Paul Gaultier

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