Why Quotes
22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors
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Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.
— Simon Sinek
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The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no…
— Charles Duhigg
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I think I'm smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn't a lot I could point to and say, that's why…
— Charles Duhigg
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However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consiously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that…
— Charles Duhigg
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This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.
— Laurie Helgoe
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There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?
— Ken Robinson
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Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.
— Ken Robinson
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If I had to, I would ask first of all: why do things move in your work? It’s the most simple, and also the most…
— Jean Tinguely
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I don’t know, I don’t know that I’m missing anything. I just think too much sometimes. Sometimes I’m even happy because I’m so engaged in…
— Jeff Buckley
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Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our…
— Steven Pressfield
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That’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some of them, conduct…
— Steven Pressfield
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Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know…
— Caroline Myss
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It's easy to get lost in endless speculation. So today, release the need to know why things happen as they do. Instead, ask for the…
— Caroline Myss
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I don't blame Bill Maher for mocking religion. I can see why he took the trouble to make the movie. In one sense, it's overdue.
— Ray Comfort
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The Tao belongs neither to knowing nor not knowing. Knowing is false understanding; not knowing is blind ignorance. If you really understand the Tao beyond…
— Alan Watts
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Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light.
— Phil Cousineau
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I find it weird when [model] agents say, 'You're the only black girl booked for the show. Isn't it great?' Why is it great?
— Jourdan Dunn
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It may be asked, why there cannot be one and the same path for all? Because He reveals Himself in infinite ways and forms -…
— Anandamayi Ma
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I consider that all Jews in the Diaspora, and thus it is true in France, should everywhere they can lend their support to Israel. This…
— Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training…
— Sakyong Mipham
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Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we have been living…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that…
— Norman Finkelstein
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Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That's why they make those second grade chairs so…
— Jim Rohn
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I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, Twenty-Six dollars for a blank…
— Jim Rohn
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Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord…
— Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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