Why Quotes

I think Hispanic women are beautiful with their curves. I'm not sure who feels that way in Hollywood. I was never told to lose 50 pounds. If they think that they just don't bother with you. You just don't get the role and you never know why. That's still better than physically harming yourself and becoming unhealthy just to star in a movie.

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

Why don't they go ahead and change the name of the White House to the West House. They want to do away with the heritage of White Settlement and destroy the history of White Settlement.

I don't know why I got so lucky. I have to pinch myself often and say, 'Is this just a dream?'

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it. I was going to be a lawyer, but I got saved.

Why are we so obsessed with celebrity culture? We have front-page news about divorces instead of front-page news about global warming, about women being abused, about children being abused. We're going on a downward spiral.

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.

Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is doing something original, almost in spite of himself.

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.

Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating me.

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all?

So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.

Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.

Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger?

Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery.

Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!

And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Why is this government so insensitive to the concerns of the middle-class people?

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?