Why Quotes

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate.

We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.

They understood why I left ER. It wasn't just about a guy.

When I was a child I had a crush on Abraham Lincoln. Why I would choose to reveal this, I know not.

I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor because I try to recreate that. Since our daughter joined us the spectrum has widened.

The good news is, Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market - more choices, lower prices, higher quality - and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits in health care.

I'm horrible at auditions anyway. Maybe that's why I never got anything.

There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

Why can't people credit that he and all of us had a sense of humour?

Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.

Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.

While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why.

Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did?

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn't understand why some pop star from London would want to be there.

I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm 53. I think I'm very immature. I feel like a kid. That's why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can't do certain things anymore - like doing the plank for 10 minutes.