Why Quotes

22640 Why quotes by 9675 unique authors

We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle? — Morgan Llywelyn
Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with… — Seraphim Rose
For why are we here if not to try to fathom one another? Not through facts alone, but with the full extent of our imaginations.… — Leah Hager Cohen
God is light, we are told, and Hell is outer darkness. But look at a desert mountain stripped bare by the sun, and you learn… — Colin Fletcher
I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's… — Julie Delpy
I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar. — Trevor Dunn
You see, with [designing]weapons, it is like a woman who bears children. For months she carries her baby and thinks about it. A designer does… — Mikhail Kalashnikov
I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies. I look back… — Damon Lindelof
You should never bother trying to remember where you put something. You should just imagine needing to put it somewhere now, then go to the… — Josh Bazell
What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special aspect… — Mary Midgley
We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do. — Dillon Burroughs
On Church: Church wasn't designed by an architect (Technically, Jesus was a carpenter.). So why do we think of churches as buildings instead of groups… — Dillon Burroughs
Month after month, Wizard Academy equips people who want to make a difference. This is why journalists and scientists and artists and educators and business… — Roy H. Williams
Therefore I begin to think, my Lord, you purposely allow us to be brought into contact with the bad and evil things that You want… — Hannah Hurnard
It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never particularly drawn to… — Lukas Foss
Do women dress for men or women? I’ve always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval - as if the… — Nancy Friday
Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning — Robert Quillen
One can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce… — Jesse Ball
If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others? — Josemaria Escriva
I always wonder why birds stay in the same place... — Harun Yahya
I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an… — Yvon Chouinard
It's easy to assume people are conforming when we witness them all choosing the same option, but when we choose that very option ourselves, we… — Sheena Iyengar
The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going… — Barry Hughart
I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV. — Shonda Rhimes

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