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The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end?
— William Barrett
Asking questions about why I don't want kids is really none of your business, but at least it's a dialogue.
— Jen Kirkman
It's true - there are only, like, two songs about rainbows, including that one. He should be asking why there are so few songs about rainbows.
— Cheryl Cory
Why do you think this great nation of ours loves the Royal Family?
Gun Law. If we didn't have it, you'd be asking the opposite question. — Julian Barnes
Gun Law. If we didn't have it, you'd be asking the opposite question. — Julian Barnes
Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.
— Tracie Peterson
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?
— John Galliano
They must not understand why he's really asking, I think; they must none of them have sisters.
— Genevieve Valentine
Mom: Why aren't you doing very well in history? Billy: Because the teacher keeps asking about things that happened before I was born!
— Various
So, why do you write these strong female characters?
Because you're still asking me that question.
[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006] — Joss Whedon
Because you're still asking me that question.
[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006] — Joss Whedon
I was wondering why I wasn't getting the right answers. It was then I realized that I wasn't asking the right people.
— Mansi Soni
Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.
— Daniel H. Pink
But when people are past a certain age, you sort of stop asking them why they do things. It feels dangerous.
— Robin Sloan
Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?
— Daniel J. King
I think people can benefit tremendously from really asking why they're doing certain things,
— Elizabeth Holmes
Can I get back to fucking your brains out now?" Thomas grinned. "You forget how to be a Master? Why are you asking?
— Joey W. Hill
There's no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them and carry on.
— Paulo Coelho
Why are you asking me? I'm seventeen and don't know anything about what to do when you're autistic and gay.
— Claire LaZebnik
I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should react." (p.180)
— Jeff Dixon-The Key To The Kingdom
One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.
— Oprah Winfrey
The real question my students are asking is "Why doesn't grammar make sense?"
And the answer is illuminating: grammar is a mirror to ourselves. — Gabriel Wyner
And the answer is illuminating: grammar is a mirror to ourselves. — Gabriel Wyner
But it was never possible to forget that Searle was in a room. Why? she kept asking herself. Or rather, why not?
— Josephine Tey
You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid - and I know they are - yet I won't be wiser?
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Perhaps what we should be asking at cocktail parties is not, Where do you go to school? but, Why did you go to school?
— Race Bannon
Why do you write strong female characters?
Because you're still asking me that question. — Joss Whedon
Because you're still asking me that question. — Joss Whedon
Instead of asking
why they left,
now I ask,
what beauty will I create
in the space the no longer
occupy? — Rudy Francisco
why they left,
now I ask,
what beauty will I create
in the space the no longer
occupy? — Rudy Francisco
Why do I need to have reasons? When someone decides to have a baby, people don't go around asking what her reasons are.
— Emily Giffin
Asking why is the root of a scientific mindset.
— Eraldo Banovac
Those who are growing great are always asking "why?" If they fail or lose, they ask "why?" If they succeed or win too, they ask "why?
— Israelmore Ayivor
Maybe if you stopped asking "why" all the time, you might be happy. Leave it alone, you know? Life is happy.
— Frederick Lenz
Why did I even try then? Of course, in asking the question, I'd already known the answer; faith. I hoped; I couldn't help it.
— J.M. Northup
I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.
— Stephen Hawking
Asking what the question is, and why the question is asked, is always asking a pertinent question.
— Raymond Geuss
Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.
— William, Saroyan
Asking Jean-Claude not to be a pain in the ass was like asking rain not to be wet. Why try?
— Laurell K. Hamilton
Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.
— Len Deighton
Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.
— Cupcake Brown
Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!
— Donna Brazile
I might not have told you if I'd known why you were asking.
— Katherine Rundell
It is not for you to determine your purpose, the reason for your existence. You discover your purpose by asking the Creator why he created you!
— Pedro Okoro
No, Ben. What I'm asking is: Are you the vehicle, and Georgie rides around in you? That is why Ben's the driver, right?
— Jonathan Harnisch
Asking why you should retaliate often solves the problem better than retaliation itself.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.
— Stephen Hawking
Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.
— Steve Guttenberg
Why didn't you just ask?" "Because I don't do that. Asking questions is at the forefront of developing relationships.
— Tarryn Fisher
Why did everyone have to ruin the quiet by asking questions? The truth was a disastrous thing.
— Victoria Schwab
Going home was equivalent to sticking my head in a meat grinder and then asking why it hurt.
— J. Lynn
The dream is yours ... why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within.
— Steve Maraboli
When life brings you mountains, you don't waste your time asking why; you spend your time climbing over them.
— A.J. Darkholme
Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.
— Lawrence Block
Why does everyone keep asking me that? Seriously, did I look like some sort of pyscho assassin? Maybe it was the pink sneakers. Or the heart earrings?
— Kiersten White
Some people will never 'get you'. Do not spend eternity asking why. People will see you differently, just cherish those who lift your soul.
— Dodinsky
If you want to survive in this world, you need to stop asking why people work together, and just start working together.
— Dan Wells
If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.
— Mason Cooley
I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I'm achieving what I've been asking to do in the universe for so long.
— Riccardo Tisci
After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I don't have any of the answers, son. Never did. All I can do is keep asking the questions. Keep trying to make sense of why people do what they do.
— Rodman Philbrick
Oh crap! Someone is asking me to quote myself. Why don't they just ask me to drink acid and run naked into a snowdrift?
— Elizabeth Anglin
Would you mind finding Eileen and asking her why she's late? It doesn't normally take her this long to terminate an employee.
— Charles Stross
The secret of Steve was that he was never satisfied. He devoted his life to asking, "Why doesn't it work?" and "What should I change to make it work?
— Kevin Ashton
Why are you carrying rope around with you?" I asked skeptically.
"Stop asking me dirty questions," he said with a smirk. — Brodi Ashton
"Stop asking me dirty questions," he said with a smirk. — Brodi Ashton
Asking big "WHY" question is to dig through the root cause of changes, how to manage it and achieve a more tangible result.
— Pearl Zhu
Stop asking yourself how or why and tell yourself you can." - Charmainism
— Charmaine Smith Ladd
If you ask, 'What happens when we die? Why do we die?' you are asking, 'Why do we live?
— Nadine Gordimer
Myrnin: Have we been introduced?
Frank: Probably not. Why, you asking me out, sweetheart?
Myrnin: You're not my type, darling. — Rachel Caine
Frank: Probably not. Why, you asking me out, sweetheart?
Myrnin: You're not my type, darling. — Rachel Caine
Why do boys assume things instead of asking?
— Evelyn Smith
Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do
— Sue Klebold
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
— Amy Chua
Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.
— Nathan Myhrvold
Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'
— Henry Miller
And the men of Mars realized that in order to survive they would have to forgo asking that one question any longer: Why live? Life was its own answer.
— Ray Bradbury
Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.
— Rodney Stark
Instead of asking life "why me?" I say "try me
— Shantaye Brown
That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now ...
— Tim Ferriss
You're in the country of the kangaroo and the duck-billed platypus, and you're asking 'why is it a mushroom? Because it just IS.
— Elle Lothlorien