Why Quotes
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Himanshu and I have known each other for over 13 years, and I don't have to prove anything to anyone. Why should I go gushy over my husband on social media when I would rather keep my love and feelings private?
Amruta Khanvilkar
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On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are the ones that force us to come to our own conclusions and to explain why we believe in our conclusions.
Lurlene McDaniel
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Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.'
Ben Bernanke
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I am many different things, and that is why I am so proud to be American.
Marcus Samuelsson
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There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?
Ken Robinson
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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
Joan Baez
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The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income.
Alma Guillermoprieto
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Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.
James Lipton
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I've never understood why the end of a relationship - especially one involving children - has to immediately signal a descent into hatred and toxicity.
John Niven
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It's just madness. First email. Then instant message. Then MySpace. Then Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Then Twitter. It's not enough anymore to 'Just do it.' Now we have to tell everyone we are doing it, when we are doing it, where we are doing it and why we are doing it.
Mark McKinnon
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I was pre-med at Glasgow University. I was from a family who were of the mind that if you were clever enough to be a doctor or a lawyer, why wouldn't you be?
John Tiffany
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I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics
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If something seems like a little venue, don't treat it like that. Do it all. If you're sort of wondering why you're doing something at some location, just do it - any size theater, production, or whatever. It's all helpful.
Fred Armisen
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I was curious as to why a million Americans weren't lining the beaches in boats and with buckets to preserve the life sustaining resource that is the Gulf of Mexico. Personally, as a surfer, I was most sorry for my fellow watermen. Seeing beaches closed due to contamination just broke my heart. If that ever happened in San Diego I'm afraid I might be forced to move.
Jason Mraz
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One thing, parents: you need to realize is you've got to stop letting artists raise your kids. You're the parent. Why don't you monitor what your child wears? Ariana Grande didn't sign on to be a role model.
Tionne Watkins TLC
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That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.
Conrad Hall
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Why do Republicans hate gay marriage so much? They certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.
Margaret Cho
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Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars.
Alexandra Paul
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I don't know why I write what I write.
Bret Easton Ellis
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Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who thinks like she does should be locked up out of harm's way.
Louise Rennison
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I've always had some level of having to be independent outside of music because the music wasn't a smooth ride. We lost a lot in the mix: Everybody that I came in the music game with - friends I brought in with me - are all doing 10-34 years in jail. That's why if you want to get the real, you gotta get it from me.
Terrence LeVarr Thornton
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Sometimes you never fully understand why you are attracted to a project until you get deeper into it.
Brie Larson
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Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.
John Slattery
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My grandmother taught me the seasonality of food. She lived with the rhythms of nature. That's the way we should live. Why do we need raspberries in January flown from Chile?
Lidia Bastianich