Why Quotes
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Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.
Joanne Rowling
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No one today remembered why the war had come about or who, if anyone, had won. The dust which had contaminated most of the planet’s surface had originated in no country, and no one, even the wartime enemy, had planned on it.
Philip K. Dick
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Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for Being.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?
Phyllis Diller
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People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'
Laurie Hernandez
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Your clients are critical to your business. Don't lose touch with who they are and why they've chosen to do business with you.
Lewis Howes
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From the time I started the decathlon, I've loved the event. I didn't know why. I still don't know why.
Ashton Eaton
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Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.
T. H. White
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Her face kept changing and that bothered me as well. Why were human beings so unstable? The door and the curtains and the supply cabinet didn't continually change their appearance.'
John Twelve Hawks
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An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.
Anupam Kher
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Why do women always get pointed at for their bodies?
Lily James
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If I have a name out there from this thing called 'American Idol,' I don't understand why anyone wouldn't use it for good. That's the way the world should work.
Crystal Bowersox
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The moment the word 'why' crosses your lips, you are doing theology.
Carolyn Custis James
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I don't enjoy reality television at all. I have to say that I get it, though. I watch some of it, and I understand why people enjoy it.
Kristen Schaal
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Models are supposed to be a muse to you. Why is a muse always the same body type, the same look? It's boring.
Coco Rocha
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I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful.
Kelli O'Hara
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This culling poem is a blessing. Why do you think it was created in the first place? It will save millions of people from the slow terrible death we're headed for from disease, from famine, drought, from solar radiation, from war, from all the places we're headed.
Chuck Palahniuk
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People are unwilling to enforce the laws on the books. Instead, they make more laws. Why can't we get this right?
Kathy Szeliga
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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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Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor in the first place. Your hair and make-up and the costume are the tools that you have, and it makes you feel like that person. When you look in the mirror, you don't feel like yourself, and it changes the way you move. I love that stuff.
Matt Ross
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We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.
Charles B. Rangel -
Companies, in fact, are specifically organized to under-invest in disruptive innovations! This is one reason why we often suggest that companies set up separate teams or groups to commercialize disruptive innovations. When disruptive innovations have to fight with other innovations for resources, they tend to lose out.
Clayton Christensen
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She had a way of moving that moved him as much as music, which was what moved him most of all. Surely the spirit animating that pearless body must be unusual too? Why would nature make a vessel like that, if not to contain something still more valuable?
Joanne Rowling
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I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.
James Arthur