Why Not Quotes

657 Why Not quotes by 555 unique authors

'Ever seen a leaf - a leaf from a tree?' 'Yes.' I saw one recently - a yellow one, a little green, wilted at the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? — J M Coetzee
I have preferred to teach my students not English literature but my love for certain authors, or, even better, certain pages, or even better than… — Jorge Luis Borges
Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have? — Matthew Tobin Anderson
And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness? — Deb Caletti
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you could… — Legs McNeil
If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax. — Tony Abbott
Step into this moment, because it is the only one you have right now. It is not wasted or thrown away. The divine opportunity could… — Iyanla Vanzant
I am all about new beginnings. A new grandchild, another new hairstyle, a new email account. Why not a new relationship with the press? — Hillary Clinton
I think life is simpler than we tend to think. We look for answers and more answers. But there are no answers. Things happen in… — Nando Parrado
I wasn't surprised at all. In fact, I thought, why stop there? Why not add the Big Show, or Chris Jericho, or the whole state… — Kurt Angle
I can't believe that this world can go on beyond our generation and on down to succeeding generations with this kind of weapon on both… — Ronald Reagan
A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why not… — Henry David Thoreau
The law of self-fulfilling prophecy says that you get what you expect. So why not create great expectations and the highest vision possible of yourself… — Mark Victor Hansen
I want to win, I want to win everything. If I have a chance to win, why not? — Alexander Ovechkin
A friend of mine - a cameraman at MTV - lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought Id try it, too, thinking… — Carson Daly
If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous… — Idries Shah
Things can change in an instant, so why not live truthfully? — Jason Collins
Do you think the Roman soldiers thought he was the Son of God or just some goofball who got nailed to the cross? In 2000… — Geoffrey Fieger
We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why not a small… — Robert Reich
Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to… — Harold Ford, Jr.
Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if… — Sepp Blatter
I dream of things that are not and ask why not. — Robert Kennedy
And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for the post of… — Hilary Mantel

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