Why Not Quotes - Page 14

This was a no-brainer, ... When it came down to it, I said to myself, Hey, you can still play, you can still play at a high level and you still enjoy playing. Why not play?

Shannon Sharpe

Play, Hey, Levels

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I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. I am not that wise, but neither do I consider there to be anything approaching adequate evidence for such a god. Why are you in such a hurry to make up your mind? Why not simply wait until there is compelling evidence?

Carl Sagan

Christian, Wise, Atheist

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We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so why not?

David Gilmour

Song, Cds, Turns

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Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is delivered to them?

Ann Coulter

War, Thinking, Oil

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Why not directing? There’s no big mystery about it. It’s – well, it’s just having a point of view and – and a certain amount of selection and taste.

Vince Edwards

Views, Taste, Mystery

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The only club in the bag specifically designed to get the ball in the cup is the putter. Why not learn it first?

Jack Burke, Jr.

Bags, Balls, Clubs

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Ask yourself this: How much deprivation, how much self-effacement must you suffer through before you act on your desire for meaning and fulfillment? Before it’s your turn to thrive in your life, instead of barely surviving it? Some people live their dreams. Why not you?

Jillian Michaels

Dream, Self, People

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It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' have to be in black and white? No. But is it fantastic that it was? To see New York like that? Yes!

Alexander Payne

New York, Black And White, Artist

"Alexander Payne Says Bryan Cranston Not Right for Upcoming Project 'Nebraska'" by Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 14, 2012.

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Look from the blind man's eye.... You can paint the picture, the way you like about this world, so why not think positive and make this world more beautiful for yourself and others?

Fawad Afzal Khan

Motivational, Beautiful, Eye

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Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

Laozi

Sister, Faith, Brother

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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Why must love always be accompanied--sooner or later--by sorrow and pain? Why not? Because pure bliss is for pure idiots.

Edward Abbey

Pain, Sorrow, Idiot

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.44, RosettaBooks

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Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?

Edward Abbey

Morning, Coffee, Night

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.16, RosettaBooks

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So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy

Kazuo Ishiguro

Healthy

Kazuo Ishiguro (2009). “When We Were Orphans”, p.56, Faber & Faber

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Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not go for a walk instead? But then I realise that to someone else it may not seem so ordinary.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Thinking, Rocks, Ideas

Britta Benke, Georgia O'Keeffe (2000). “O'Keeffe”

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To those advocates of independent paper moneys who also champion the free market, I would address this simple question: "Why don't you advocate the unlimited freedom of each individual to manufacture dollars?" If dollars are really and properly things-in-themselves, why not let everyone manufacture them as they manufacture wheat and baby food?

Murray Rothbard

Baby, Money, Freedom

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It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

Arthur Miller

Art, Writing, Long

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The way I look at it within myself, why not? Why can't I be the MVP of the League? Why can't I be the best player in the League? I don't see why-why-why can't I do that? I think I work hard, I think I dedicate myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age and I know if I continue to do good, what I can get out of it and if that's me going out or doing whatever, I'm willing to do it because I know in the long run, it's going to help me.

Derrick Rose

Running, Hard Work, Sacrifice

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Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?

Diogenes

Education, Teacher, School

Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.55, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?

Pippa Middleton

Christmas, Running, White

"Pippa Middleton joins the party" by Marina Hyde, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2008.

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Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'.

John F. Kennedy

Optimism, Asks

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Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It came in a spurt of brilliance. It is shot through with originality, verve, and-why not go all the way?-genius. People love it, can't get enough of it, can't stop performing it-and they are not wrong. For closing in on a half- century now, The Music Man has been performed continually, in every American city, town, and village, and in other parts of the world as well, not excluding Peking.

Meredith Willson

Men, Cities, People

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Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says ... somebody ought to do something about that? Why not you? If you feel a strong urge to see a problem fixed, then why not act on it?

Steve Pavlina

Strong, People, Thought Provoking

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Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing.

Michael Fassbender

Break Up, Breakup, Character

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I wish more and more that health were studied half as much as disease is. Why, with all the endowment of research against cancer, is no study made of those who are free from cancer? Why not inquire what foods they eat, what habits of body and mind they cultivate?

Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn

Cancer, Health, Animal

"Threescore: The Autobiography of Sarah N. Cleghorn".

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Liberals don't care. Their approach is to rip out society's foundations without asking if they serve any purpose. Why do we have immigration laws? What's with these borders? Why do we have the institution of marriage, anyway? What do we need standardized tests for? Hey, I like Keith Richards - why not make heroin legal? Let's take a sledgehammer to all these load-bearing walls and just see what happens!

Ann Coulter

Wall, Rip, Law

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