Why Quotes

90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?

We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question.

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head.

Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us.

The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits for 13-15 years. That's one of the reasons why this pyramid scheme isn't working.

If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?

You can easily put together your own favorite spice blend, whether that's a salt and pepper mixture or you're adding herbs to it or Creole spice. Just watch out for the sodium content. That why I encourage you to make your own.

Why don't we stop the stimulus spending? There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it? It's not working.

Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.

I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?

When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

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?

This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible.

This girl at 17 really led an army, this girl at 19 really burned at the stake by her own choice. And you sit there and you want to figure out why did she make these choices? How did she live such a life?

You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.

I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?'

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

I believe we could see a North American Union formed. Why else are our borders with Mexico and Canada being left wide open some six years into a War on Terror?

For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals.

Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?

Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.