Quotes About Why

In the cold, gray dawn of September the twenty-eighth . . ." Dickens. ". . . The slippery bank where the life of Cody Pritchard came to an ignominious end . . ." Faulkner. "Questioning society with the simple query, why?" Steinbeck. "Dead." Hemingway.

Claire, did I invite you to my BBQ?" "No." "Then why are you up in my grill?

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?

SAMUEL: Besides, we can offer you but little temptation to remain with us. We don't seem to make piracy pay. I'm sure I don't know why, but we don't.

Yet the body insists on the struggle for life. Why?

why. Now she arrives at the realization that the why of evil is not to be found anywhere in the flaws of society or its institutions, nor can it be pinned down by even the most erudite and loquacious philosopher. The why of evil is in the human soul, which can't be examined with a CT scan or MRI to locate a dark mass, or dissected in an autopsy to learn in what artery the calcification proved mortal.

Baby, why are you all wet?

We've had such a December— Mixing bullets and wings. Do we have to know Why the river turns black?

Best Medicine."30 "If laughing is so good," Kataria says he thought to himself, "why not start a laughter club?" (Roughly one-fourth of the good doctor's sentences seem to include some variation of the "Why not?" formulation.)

children when they ask you why is your mama so funny say she is a poet she don't have no sense

Training teaches how. Education teaches why.

I've never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it's almost never true altruism.

why"—as in why a potential customer would need to address or be aware of a certain issue—and sell the "how," which is where you offer a tool or teach customers how to follow through step-by-step.

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is, "Probably because of something you did."

Perfection intimidates. Compassion inspires. And in that you will finally find the why. Why did this happen? Because there's someone else in the world who would drown in their own tears if not for seeing yours. And when you make one other human simply see they aren't alone, you make the world a better place.

I learned a long time ago not to waste time analyzing why judges do the things they do.

But I learned a long time ago not to waste time analyzing why judges do the things they do.

First, I want my pants," Kerensky said. Everyone turned to Duvall, who gave everyone a what? expression and then pulled Kerensky's pants out of her duffel and threw them at him. "Second," Kerensky said, fumbling into his pants, "I want to know why we're here.

The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before a bewildered little why.

She went through some motions of housekeeping. Why was there nothing to sleep in but beds that had to be remade, nothing to eat from but dishes that had to be washed?

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

We're called to advance the kingdom, not hold the fort. It's the difference between why and why not. It's the difference between if only and what if.

Children when they ask you why your mama so funny say she is a poet she don't have no sense

One question can make all the difference between your success or failure. A winner asks how it will be done. A loser asks why it cannot be done. Asking how to succeed, helps you find a way. Asking why you will fail, gives you an excuse to stay.