Top 1200 Why We Do What We Do Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

Forever, and forever, farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; If not, why then this parting was well made.

Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.

Now why, if freedom is striven after for love of the I after all - why not choose the I himself as beginning, middle, and end?

Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?

The question shouldn't be “Why are you, a Christian, here in a death camp, condemned for trying to save Jews?' The real question is “Why aren't all the Christians here?

I don't understand why prostitution is illegal, Selling is legal, f***ing is legal. So why isn't it legal to sell f***ing? Why should it be illegal to sell something that's legal to give away?

Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse?

You shouldn't ask why do you wear a hat? What you really should be asking is why are you not? How can a look be complete without a hat?

Why children?' he asked. 'Why always children? For love to end where it begins is far more beautiful, and Nature knows it.

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.

In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.

I don't understand why it has to be either - or - either socialism or democracy. Why can't we combine things to get the best of each system?

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

Why do fools fall in love? I'll tell you why, because everybody else has simply got too much else to do.

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot 18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?

What I wanted with that Ruthless state of mind,: just to show people who I am as a person and why I do what I do, and why I go as hard as I do go.

Why shouldn't Harry Kane take corners? If he happens to be the best striker of a ball in the team and gives you the best delivery, why shouldn't he do it?

Why don't women say what they want, why wait to be asked? Do women intuit that it is unacceptable to appear ambitious?

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

If you believe in free will, why don't you have confidence in people to use it? Why do you want a government, or whoever, regulating them, if you believe in it?

I feel like, yeah, why not do inter-gender matches? It brings entertainment. It brings a lot of different viewers and demographics and all that, so why not do it?

People are going to start realizing, why take those antibiotics that are extracts of mushrooms? Why not just have the mushrooms?

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

I love to think about and therefore talk about why people do what they do. That's kind of why I like being an actor.

The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books, or write opinion pieces about what they think of Neil Young, or why they quit watching ER or whatever. And because of that, I think there's a lot of people who write about my books with the premise of, "Why this guy? Why not me?"

Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.

Ask a glass of water why it pities the rain. Ask the lunatic yard dog why it tolerates the leash.

When you locate a bargain, you must ask, 'Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?'

If writing is language and language is desire and longing and suffering . . . then why when we write, when we make shapes on paper, why then does it so often look like the traditional, straight models, why does our longing look for example like John Updike's longing?

If I didn't love the game, why would I play at the University of Kentucky? Why would I ever come here? It's a serious program.

Accept that, like many men, you have a streak of the homoerotic in you. Why would you, why would anyone, want to be that straight?

My college coach was a baseball guy. So why is no one questioning why a baseball player is coaching or analyzing softball when the reverse happens?

Why have I always been forbidden to touch him? (Stryker) Ours it not to question why. Ours is but to live or die. (Apollymi)

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

Just as our historical beginnings are utterly mysterious-why are we born? why when and as we are?-so too are the beginnings of works of art and of "artists.

The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red.

I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel.

We focused so much on saying, "Don't vote for them and here's why" and we didn't tell the American people "Vote for us and here's why."

The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little pieces. I'm afraid I can't help you. Why? There's nothing you can do. Why? It can't be fixed. Why? It's broken beyond repair. It's in a million little pieces.

That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time.

I don't like giving interviews unless I have something to talk about. Why bore people and why bore media?

Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.

Why does a salmon rise? Why does a small boy cross the street just to kick a tin can?

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.

People always say, 'Why don't you play more sets in Texas?' and I say, 'Dude, why don't you come babysit?'

Why are there not cabs in Edmonton? Why are there cabs in central London but not here? And if they're going to be here, they should be cheaper. And travelcards, they're expensive.

If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both old and young.

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?

There is always going to be a reason why you can't do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams.

With Iran's long history of lies and non-cooperation, why are we talking to them? Why are we giving them legitimacy?

Why doesn't anyone address the substantive question of why other states blatantly interfere in Israel's internal affairs? Israel does not meddle in the affairs of other states in a similar way, so why do other countries feel entitled to do this to Israel? These actions violate Israeli sovereignty and I expect European Union member states to act differently.

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

It takes a minute to say hello Why? I wonder why When it's seems to take forever When you have to say Goodbye?

Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.

Why do you always have to be right. Why do you always have to have the last word. For once in your life just let it go.