Why Quotes

22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you… — Justin Theroux
The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'. — Louise Penny
If you have a universe that was just the mirror image of the one we know about, then in fact, presumably it would have right-handed… — Ronald Breslow
Writing is hard work, not magic. It begins with deciding why you are writing and whom you are writing for. What is your intent? What… — Suze Orman
A relentless barrage of 'why’s' is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use… — Shigeo Shingo
Ask 'why' five times about every matter. — Taiichi Ohno
I’m proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help us become a… — Taiichi Ohno
You can't win all the contests and then lose at one contest and say, 'Why am I not winning this contest as well?' It's random.… — David Rakoff
What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so simple that it… — Walker Percy
Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me. — Bret Easton Ellis
I don't know why I write what I write. — Bret Easton Ellis
Change is inevitable. Why hold onto what you have to let go of? — Jhene Aiko
When you look at the world, the world isn't just one palette. It's a beautiful rainbow, and why not have someone to represent that rainbow? — Joan Smalls
I write poems to find out why I write them — Stephen Dobyns
Why produce even females? Why should there be future generations? What is their purpose? When aging and death are eliminated, why continue to reproduce? Why… — Valerie Solanas
Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul? — Marilyn French
Keep your eye on the prize and focus on your mission. Remember what you’re trying to do, what your value is, why it’s important, and at the… — Steve Case
To be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of the world. To be deceived… — R. Scott Bakker
There are things that are not sayable. That’s why we have art. — Leonora Carrington
The whole point of science is that most of it is uncertain. That's why science is exciting--because we don't know. Science is all about things… — Freeman Dyson
The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects. If women weren't sex objects, there wouldn't be another generation.… — Hugh Hefner
I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? — Mira Sorvino
No, this is not what a fair God would do. And why does it not say anywhere in the Bible that slavery is wrong? It… — Mira Sorvino
But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because… — Eduard Shevardnadze
We want the right people, the ones who love to play football. I want a guy who, if I punch him in the mouth, doesn't… — Matt Millen

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