Why Quotes
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If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments.
Max Winkler
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I don't understand the NBA in that, each time they bring in a one-and-done kid, they have to release a veteran player on a roster. I don't understand why their players association condones that.
Bobby Knight
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I did a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. People say, 'Why aren't you doing theater anymore?' And I say, 'Look, my kids have gotten used to wearing shoes.'
Liam Cunningham
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We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
Albert Barnes
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Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?
Patrick Ness
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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
Ellen DeGeneres
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In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power.
Pope Francis
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I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.
Mark McKinnon
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If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.
E. W. Howe
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I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.
Kelly Wearstler
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The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball...I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon.
Frank Zappa
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No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.
Daisaku Ikeda
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A lot of bodybuilders have high BMIs. It's not an indication of your overall health. Like, why put more standards on women saying there's a maximum BMI? I just think we need to be healthy, and I am.
Ashley Graham
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You'll never slow the momentum at any moment I'm about to blow. Look at these rappers, how I treat them, So why the fuck would I join them when I beat them, They call me a freak, because I like to spit on these pussies before I eat them.
Eminem
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It's very important to me that every person takes away their own meaning from a song, and it's why I don't always love spelling out what a song is about for somebody.
Aubrie Sellers
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As an actor, I think it is important you at least almost like the character that you're playing. Or can find a personal justification for the character as to why they're doing what they're doing.
John Hensley
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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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My question is why does every African American fighter have to be the villain?
Andre Ward
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If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
Linda Ellerbee
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I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.
John Howard
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The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.
Barack Obama
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Cheap money feels like the most natural thing in the world - if you don't think about why it's so cheap.
John Lanchester
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It's either 'Saw' made for $4 million or 'Star Wars,' 'Star Trek,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy' et cetera being made for $150 million. So the $30 and $40 million films don't get made unless they're maybe 'Ride Along.' But I don't really know why. I don't get paid to know why.
Chris Pine
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Why not drive a snowmobile? I own an Artic Cat. We bought them because we enjoy doing things like that. I enjoy doing fun things, and that's definitely one of the things.
Donald Cerrone