Quotes of: Why-not Keyword

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

The desire to avoid short-term hardships leads to major dislocations in [housing] markets.

Why Progressive Institutions Are Unsustainable

And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life.

Why We Broke Up

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

Why We Can't Wait

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object.

World of Wonders

Why is man the being who won in the world of emptiness, dethroning all animal species? For he is closest to the perfection of emptiness.

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy.

Why We Can't Wait

Donkeys and elephants represent us politically. Why? Because snakes and roaches would be too obvious.

Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You

To be the best, you have to do what nobody does. And nobody does nothing great anymore, which is why I’ll be great by doing nothing great.

Xazaqazax

77 degrees in the fall feels cold, and 77 degrees in the spring feels hot. That’s why I’m selling year-round-nudity for half-price.

Xazaqazax

I love the sound of the trees in the breeze. If the forest is so clearly musical, why can’t it play the guitar while I sing Nirvana covers?

Xazaqazax

My love letter had so much ink that it weighed as much as a bowling ball, but it was emotionally heavier. That’s probably why she bowled a 300 with it.

Xazaqazax

We made love like two coiled up fire hoses. When there’s no fire in the romance, why not act like a couple of sleeping snakes?

Xazaqazax

Standing in the kitchen when you’re hungry is torture. That’s why I moved my fridge to my dungeon, where I keep the prisoners.

Xazaqazax

Instead of a vow of silence, I took a vow of invisibility. At that time you were looking for someone to love, and that’s why you couldn’t see me.

Xazaqazax

Absent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else?

You Were Born for a Reason: The Real Purpose of Life

Now why should that man have fainted? But he did,and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time!

The Yellow Wall-Paper

But why all these questions? Because I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering. Don't be afraid, the only way to avoid that suffering would be to refuse to love.

The Zahir

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

Zorro

There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you've got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn't you choose that over a three-line part in a Hollywood film as somebody's maid or somebody's wife or somebody's best friend?

Eve Best

I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?

Eric Davis