Why Quotes

• Why would you envy a man who doesn't know the names of all the planets, is a 'high functioning' sociopath, and has no friends? Because Sherlock Holmes thinks in all the ways we wish we could.

  

  Kyle Hill
  • Friends
  • High
  • Wish

• Why did she have to wake up this morning? Or ever! But especially this morning. Her stare took on a glint of panic. Then she thought: Oh! This is my wedding day!

  

  Gabrielle Roy
  • Up
  • She
  • Morning

• Many people have vied to become the third Weinstein brother, and I'm not sure why, but that distinction only goes to one person - Quentin Tarantino.

  

  Bob Weinstein
  • People
  • Why
  • Brother

• I don't completely understand why people in Aspen want to hear what I have to say.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Want
  • Understand

• The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.

  

  Don Mattingly
  • Money
  • Why
  • Respect

• Thus the social position of women is in this respect very similar to that of philosophers and of the working classes. And we now see why these three elements should be united. It is their combined action which constitutes the moral or modifying force of society.

  

  Auguste Comte
  • Women
  • Society
  • Respect

• 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
  • Player
  • Better
  • Explain

• You've got to respect people; you've got to understand where they come from. We know where people in Oklahoma come from - that's why we get along.

  

  Markwayne Mullin
  • People
  • Why
  • Respect

• I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I guess that's why it's so thrilling.

  

  Jared Padalecki
  • Why
  • Funny
  • Comedy

• Why limit yourself? I feel like I can do anything.

  

  Zendaya
  • Yourself
  • I Can
  • Limit

• When I'm winning, winning, winning with a certain way why would I mess with that? When I realised there was lot to be gained from failing in some people's eyes, it made it all the more interesting!

  

  Bob Mould Hüsker Dü
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Eyes

• It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

  

  Christina Hoff Sommers
  • Good
  • Men
  • True

• For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Music
  • Real
  • Speak

• Each culture has some knowledge. That's why I studied with Saj Dev, an Indian flute player. That's why I studied Stockhausen's music. The pygmies' music of the rain forest is very rich music. So the knowledge is out there. And I also believe one should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. With that kind of inquisitiveness, one discovers things that were unknown before.

  

  Yusef Lateef
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Culture

• I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It's beyond my comprehension.

  

  Daniel Tosh
  • People
  • Why

• I am bipolar, and I am proud. And that is why I wanted to write a book. To shine a light on mental illness, to be vulnerable about the days I let it take control and paid dearly for it, and to tell anyone fighting a similar battle: You are not alone. You are not broken.

  

  AJ Lee
  • Book
  • Light
  • Control

• When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Men
  • Women

• Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

  

  Paul Wellstone
  • Why

• Liturgy, in truth, is an event by means of which we let ourselves be introduced into the expansive faith and prayer of the Church. This is the reason why the early Christians prayed facing east, in the direction of the rising sun, the symbol of the returning Christ.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Truth
  • Faith
  • Church

• I've got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing - that's why you get offered the same roles.

  

  Danny Dyer
  • People
  • Why

• When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Why
  • Practice
  • Diversity

• I always wanted to write a raccoon story. I don't know why. It's not like I want to own a raccoon or anything like that. I'm just fascinated by them.

  

  Kathi Appelt
  • Why

• We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. There's a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

  

  Lorraine Toussaint
  • Life
  • Great
  • Energy

• I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights.

  

  Keith Ellison
  • Up
  • Live
  • Tolerance

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