Why Quotes

22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors

Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This is why, when… — Theodore Beale
Why am I an atheist? I ask you: Why is anybody not an atheist? Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with… — Andy Rooney
Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation? — Josh Charles
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men for… — Christopher Hitchens
I do not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster. — Henry David Thoreau
I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this. — Robert Green Ingersoll
In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously… — Carl Sagan
The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the… — Henry Ford
My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness… — Roger Penrose
I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food. — Robert Orben
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and… — P.J. O'Rourke
One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. — George Archer
I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have… — Jim Moran
It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be as good to us as… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is… — Sylvia Plath
I don't know what's going to happen to me tomorrow. That's why I don't save my best for last. — Paulo Coelho
It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but on all war-everywhere.… — Medea Benjamin
There was no identity crisis in the life of Jesus Christ. He knew who He was. He knew where He had come from, and why… — Howard G. Hendricks
Jesus Christ is the outstanding personality of our time. Every act and word of Jesus has value for us. He became the light of the… — Sholem Asch
What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That… — James Joyce
What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: the sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. — Robert Herrick
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal?… — Maggie Grace
Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and… — Thomas Sowell

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