Why Quotes

• People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'

  

  Major Owens
  • People
  • Great
  • Disability

• We want to open spaces for young people to thrive in this economy, and that is why we said... when government buys commodities and services, we must have some set aside for young people.

  

  Cyril Ramaphosa
  • People
  • Why

• I do have an affinity for damaged people, in life, in roles. I don't know why. We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy, every single one of us.

  

  Johnny Depp
  • People
  • Life
  • Perfect

• When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Remember
  • Crazy
  • Sleep

• I only like people to know what I want them to know. People didn't know what Tupac was doing. That's why he was so iconic.

  

  Micheal Ray Stevenson
  • People
  • Why

• The two questions I always ask myself are 'What if' and 'Why not?

  

  Jennifer Nettles Sugarland
  • Why

• If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.

  

  Jason Kander
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Help

• 'Do not track' probably won't spell doom for online advertisers. But it will put the burden on them to explain to consumers what targeted advertising is and why it's good for them. They'll have to come out of the shadows; they'll have to be honest with people. What a radical concept. I'm all for it.

  

  Daniel Lyons
  • People
  • Good
  • Why

• I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • People
  • Best
  • Sweet

• I don't write fight scenes in comics all that well. I think they're a waste of space unless they can move a story forward in some compelling fashion. You've only got twenty-two pages to work with. Why throw that away on a set of meaningless punches?

  

  Marjorie Liu
  • Work
  • Space
  • Fashion

• What's considered ideal in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world. I don't think you can aspire to it, nor can I. Everybody is retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at a picture of myself from the past and think, 'Why don't I look like that now?' It's because I never have!

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • World
  • Different
  • Past

• I want to say it to so many people, 'why you have to be so serious?' And I also want people to think 'this kid has really gone crazy' when they see my performance on the stage. Luckily, I am able to achieve all of these.

  

  G-Dragon
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Kids

• People always ask, 'Man, why don't you come out and enjoy it? Why don't you celebrate? Why don't you have any fun?' My fun is Sundays. Anybody can go to the club. You don't have to be good at going to the club to go to the club. You have to be good to be playing on Sundays, and to me, that's what's cool.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • People
  • Good
  • Fun

• It was never a conscious decision - I was introducing myself as Duffy and my friends were calling me Duffy, so I just knocked off the first half of my name. For me it's no big deal, but a lot of people want to unearth why I've called myself this. It's just what I'm known as, you know.

  

  Duffy
  • People
  • Friends
  • Decision

• With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations?

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Past
  • Best
  • Wonder

• My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'

  

  LeBron James
  • Time
  • Mother
  • Father

• Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

  

  Jon Huntsman, Sr.
  • Why

• I used to steal my father's cologne, and it was so strong. My mother would always know when I did because it was so intrusive. That's why I like Evolution - it's a strong yet subtle scent.

  

  Trey Songz
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Strong

• I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting.

  

  Patton Oswalt
  • Up
  • Why
  • Balance

• It doesn't matter to me where am I going. Language is not a barrier for me, I can go anywhere with my craft, so why not Hollywood?

  

  Disha Patani
  • Why

• Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Writing
  • Why
  • Play

• Girls always want a reason to get crazy. I get the feeling that girls are crazy anyway, so they just want a reason to really get wild. Why not let it be to a Tyga song?

  

  Micheal Ray Stevenson
  • Song
  • Feeling
  • Crazy

• I still have my original love for acting. That's why I feel so lucky. I think that's what sustains me in the sort of leaner times.

  

  Dennis Quaid
  • Why

• I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

  

  Eden Phillpotts
  • God
  • Done
  • Future

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