Why Quotes
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If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?
Epictetus
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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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Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?
David Baldacci
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We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.
Mick Fleetwood Fleetwood Mac
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Why give a million dollars to someone if they have not proved that they can make a million dollars?
Carmen Busquets
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There's a lot of criticism on how an actress is aging. Why do we do that with women? I work with a lot of men who take terrible care of themselves - they drink too much, or they eat too much. We need to allow women to age.
Jessica Chastain
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I'd accomplished everything I had set out to do - winning the French and Australian Opens, the Olympic gold medal and the Davis Cup. So I said to myself: 'Why don't you try another year and see if you can enjoy your tennis like you did once?' And I've been doing it.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
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Because I'm a performer I can justify and sometimes sell the things about me that offend and shock the conventional world. I need to live life in the fast lane. I need to do things to excess. I need to go over the edge. I have an obligation to experience the things most people can't experience. The taboos. The things you're not supposed to know or do. That's part of my job. That's why I do it. I would probably do it anyway.
Elizabeth Ashley
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Samia: I'm all the trouble you need. Do you know why I invited you here?Ginger: For the Brussels sprouts tartare?Samia: For the long, discreet tablecloths.
Alison Bechdel
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The challenges military families face from frequent relocations and deployments are themselves patches of service, and that's why supporting our military families is one of my top priorities in Congress.
Elise Stefanik
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Women are trying to have it all but are trying to regain control over their time. That's why many women are busting out of the traditional workforce and starting their own businesses.
Kellyanne Conway
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Why spend your whole life trying to be somebody that you're not? It's so much more fun to be yourself **** what everybody says.
Lady Gaga
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All I've done is run fast. I don't see why people should make much fuss about that.
Fanny Blankers-Koen
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One of the reasons why I signed up with Roc Nation was because of their ability to not just have a vision of doing things but the actual ability and resources to carry that vision out.
Andre Ward
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Theatre is my first love. I don't understand why people say that theatre can't give you money.
Lillete Dubey
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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 have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with my dad being very controlling, which is why I push back whenever I feel like someone is trying to box me in. It makes me run for the hills.
Christina Aguilera
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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.
Claire Tomalin
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They made a fatal mistake in doing 'Psycho' again. Why do that? Why revisit something that stands for itself?
Martin Landau
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The relationships I've had with animals are often some of the most profound. That's why you cry when a dog dies in a movie. The connection is so deep and so profound, and it isn't cluttered by humanity.
David Lowery Camper Van Beethoven
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One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes to them.& We wonder why they went mad and bombed Pearl Harbor when they knew they couldn't win. That [the Japanese language] would be a reason.
L. Ron Hubbard
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I learned to dive in Belize, which is sort of like learning to drive in an Aston Martin. The reefs and refuges are some of the most dramatic in the world. But the real reason I went was to dive the Blue Hole, a 400 ft. sinkhole near Ambergris Caye. Google it, and you'll see why.
Marcus Sakey
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Muslim women deplore misogyny just as western women do, and they know that Islamic societies also oppress them; why wouldn't they? But liberation, for them does not encompass destroying their identity, religion, or culture, and many of them want to retain the veil.
Katharine Viner
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Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.
James E. Faust