Quotes by category:Why Not

Why not me? Suffering, she understood, is, in fact, random, universal.

Gloria Vanderbilt

why-not suffering philosophy

It had never occurred to him that the body of a woman of fifty, blown up to monstrous dimensions by childbearing, then hardened, roughened by work til it was coarse in the grain like an overripe turnip, could be beautiful. But is was so, and after all, he thought, why not?

George Orwell

why-not body beautiful

Since you're going to die anyway, why not go do whatever it is you are in the mood to do. To postpone anything is ridiculous, if it's important to you.

Frederick Lenz

why-not important death

God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?

Grace Slick

why-not feel-good feels

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Gregory Maguire

why-not long people

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

Guy Finley

why-not gratitude moments

If you're doing six takes, instead of doing six variations on the same words, why not just throw out the words and make them up as you go along, if you're comfortable with it? It gives the movies a slightly rangier feeling, and more of an accidental feel, but it also makes them edgier.

Harold Ramis

why-not feelings giving

Why not give Christianity a trial?

George Bernard Shaw

why-not trials giving

Why not stand up, pump your fists in the air, and scream like a maniac? -

Hayley Williams

why-not fists air

My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

why-not poor watches

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'

Henry Miller

damage-is-done why-not joy

Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me.

Henry Rollins

why-not alcohol self

There's just an enormous vast universe of possible intrigue out there and why not pay attention to it? Because then you're not burdened with trying to find that meaning in yourself all the time.

Ian Bogost

why-not trying attention

If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude?

Idries Shah

why-not attitude trying

As the dog sprinted back, Jack said to the girl, "Sweetheart,honey, why do you have to be so hateful?" "Why not?" Ellie said. "It's not like being good ever got me anywhere.

Ilsa J. Bick

why-not girl dog

You're screening your calls?" "Why not? It saves me from conversations with idiots." "Is that an insult?" His voice dropped into a deep growl. "You're not an idiot," I told him. "You're just a deadly psychopath with a god complex.(...)

Ilona Andrews

why-not idiot voice

I wondered if the Demon that whispered "Why not be free?" was Freedom itself.

Inio Asano

why-not demon ifs

Come to close?No one wants to come to close.If it's done for them,they accept it,even while they condemn it.Why not?But no one wants to know what it's like.Turn a blind eye.Maybe it will go away.

Iris Johansen

why-not going-away eye

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

why-not giving character

If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction?

J. M. Coetzee

why-not way fiction