Why Quotes
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The black earth drinks, in turnThe trees drink up the earth.The sea the torrents drinks, the sun the sea,And the moon drinks the sun.Why, comrades, do ye flout me,If I, too, wish to drink?
Anacreon
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
O. J. Simpson
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Dirk is like the German Moses, invincible and inspiring. That is why 'His Name Is Dirk' must be the Official Fan Song for Dirk Nowitzki.
Flula Borg
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That's why I'm never happy. Every tragedy, I really feel very painful - especially about a child or old people. This is reality. We try to close eyes and ears, but it's happening every second, and somehow, unfortunately, I feel a connection.
Kristine Opolais
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I get up every single day trying to repay a debt that I can never repay. Never. And I will work hard. Because I don't know why I was saved. I don't know.
Tammy Duckworth
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
W. Edwards Deming
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You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.
H. R. Giger
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Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.'
Nathan Myhrvold
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Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.
Alessandro Del Piero
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There are two questions that you ask yourself as a writer, and one of them is, 'But why?' The question that takes the book forward is, 'What if? What if x y or z happened? How would those characters react?'
Penny Jordan
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We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.
Bobby Farrelly Boney M.
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I think a broader audience is really amazing. If there's no need for curse words or darkness, why go there? Why not make it PG?
Allison Schroeder
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You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn't even think I was good enough to be a professional ballplayer.
Barry Sanders
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I do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!
Bette Midler
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The reasons why a player is better on one club than on another are many. I certainly am not an expert and can't explain.
Rabih Alameddine
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Globalisation means many things. At one level, it talks of trade, which since the 16th century has exchanged goods and now, increasingly, ideas and information across the globe. But globalisation is also a view of the world - it is an opinion about man and why men are on the world.
John Berger
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All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'
Freida Pinto
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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?
Paul Wellstone
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I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.
Max Irons
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I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?
Hal Linden
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All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.
John Hodgman
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The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.
Janice Dickinson
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Ask yourself why a red carpet is red. It could be any colour.
Jake Gyllenhaal
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Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.
Irwin Winkler