Quotes of: Why-bother Keyword

Facebook people are finding me that I don't really know. People poke you on Facebook. I'm like, 'Why? Why are you poking me?'

Bridget Kelly

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

Charles Bukowski

It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past.

Guy Pearce

Once you're a winner, you can give all sorts of reasons why you're a winner. Of course, you could all those same reasons to explain why a show fails.

James MacArthur

What is it about the English countryside---why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle

I truly don't know why it was ended, though. It was suddenly decided that that would be it. They never said particularly why, because they were cut off in their prime.

Derek Jacobi

I don't understand why, in entertainment, the hours are as long as they are. It seems like everything takes forever, and no one can tell you why exactly.

Janeane Garofalo

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

James D. Houston

People would like to see peace and stability, and that is why we have had engagement with the ethnic armed groups. That's why our reform process is based on the wishes and the will of the people.

Thein Sein

When my husband came to my parents' house for the first time, he asked, 'Why is everyone screaming? Why are they so angry?' I said, 'No one's angry. This is just how we communicate.'

Melissa Rauch

That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six years old. If I can't effectively move people, then I would prefer not to do it.

Viola Davis

Alexandria: Why are you killing everybody? Why are you making everybody die? Roy Walker: It's my story. Alexandria: Mine, too.

The Fall

Bob Rusk: [addressing Brenda, a marriage broker] If you can fix up a lot of idiots, why not me?

Frenzy

Harry: Why the hell did you take your shoes off? Marv: Why the hell are you dressed like a chicken?

Home Alone

Colonel Brighton: Look, sir, we can't just do nothing. General Allenby: Why not? It's usually best.

Lawrence of Arabia

Calvera: [dying - to Chris] You came back - for a place like this. Why? A man like you. Why?

The Magnificent Seven

Norma Desmond: You there! Why are you so late? Why have you kept me waiting so long?

Sunset Blvd.

Marta: Why don't we ever get to see the baroness? Kurt: Why would she want to see you?

The Sound of Music

[Asked to write his own epitaph] David St. Hubbins: Here lies David St. Hubbins... and why not?

This Is Spinal Tap

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

Vikram Seth

Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time. I really don't understand why Americans can purchase guns so easily and why they use them for sporting purposes.

Lena Headey