Why Not Quotes

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.
George Carlin

Work, Time, Why

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
Robert Kennedy

Why, Dream, Ask

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
Benjamin Franklin

Wife, Why, Fault

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?
George Bernard Shaw

Why, Dream, Ask

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Nhat Hanh

Positive, Why, Try

You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Dale Carnegie

Time, Trying, Why

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
Robert Louis Stevenson

Time, Fight, Why

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
Will Rogers

Business, Why, Able

You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
Donald Trump

Why, Big, Anyway

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.
Mitt Romney

Success, Why, Become

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
Warren Buffett

Good, Why, Said

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'
Christopher Hitchens

Why, Question, Return

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
Pablo Picasso

Why, Others, Seen

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
John Barrymore

Wisdom, Wife, Thinking

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.
Paul Harvey

Government, Why, Suffering

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?
Rush Limbaugh

Work, Stupid, Why

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?
Virginia Woolf

Women, Men, Friendly

Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
Clara Schumann

Beautiful, Enjoy, Why

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

Work, Good, Joy

Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.
Richard Simmons

Nice, Why, Everyone

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?
John Kenneth Galbraith

Why, Fiction, Biography

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
James Allen

Success, Yourself, True

I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?'
Marianne Williamson

Women, Why, Might

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?
Dennis Rodman

Why, Keep, Days

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?
Steven Spielberg

Why, Pay, Dollar

You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not?
Christopher Hitchens

Why, American, English

Sci-fi has never really been my bag. But I do believe in a lot of weird things these days, such as synchronicity. Quantum physics suggests it's possible, so why not?
John Cleese

Why, Days, Possible

If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
Ben Stein

People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
Kanye West

Why, Try, Everybody

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