W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Why don't you conceive of God as an ally who is coming, who has been approaching since time began, the one who will someday arrive, the fruit of a tree whose leaves we are? Why not project his birth into the future, and live your life as an excruciating and lyrical moment in the history of a prodigious pregnancy?”
“Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.”
“Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow.”
“Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.”
“Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.”
Source: Someone Like You
“Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?”
“Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.”
“Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?”
“Why don't you go and live in a hostel to save cash?”
“Why don't you go get in bed?" I stood, laying my hand on his chest and staring up at him. "Is that a dare?" He laid one hand over mine and pull me closer with the other. Leaning down, he kissed me gently. "It absolutely is. No falling out of it allowed, though.”
“Why don't you go home to your wife? Better yet, I'll go home to
your wife, and outside of the improvement, she won't notice any
difference.”
“Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there?”
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“Why don't you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I'm a little low in sugar and I don't have any cream, but it's real coffee.”
“Why don't you have a room done up in every color green? This will take months, years, to collect, but it will be delightful-a melange of plants, green glass, green porcelains, and furniture covered in sad greens, gay greens, clear, faded, and poison greens?”
“Why don't you just ease up a little bit, just be professional. Maybe you're over-investing - maybe you're caring a little too much.”
“why don't you just get the bunny slippers with fangs Myrin?”
“Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ?”
“Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln
“Why don't you lay the footpaths where the students want to walk?”
“Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.”
Source: A Taste Of Honey
“Why don't you light that candle ?”
“Why don't you like being you for a change? Just be different and don't hate yourself and feel very good about all your different desires and all the things you didn't want and want. Go get them all, and see what it's like.”
“Why don't you like Noel Kahn?" Mike's voice made Aria jump. He stood a few feet away from Aria with a carton of orange juice in his hand."He's the man." Aria groaned. "If you like him so much why don't you go out with him?”
Source: Pretty Little Liars: The First Half 8-Book Collection: Pretty Little Liars, Flawless, Perfect, Unbelievable, Wicked, Killer, Heartless, Wanted
“Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.”
Source: Almost No Memory: Stories
“Why don't you make a contibution to my sanity, and do the one thing you never seem to be able to do... SHUT UP!!!”
“Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?”
“Why don't you pair'em up in threes?”
“Why don't you pass the gun around and give everyone a shot.”
“Why don't you put your ego down for a while, Justin. It must be getting heavy.”
Source: Playing the Odds: The MacGregors
“Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough.”
“Why don't you say "What?" if you like to sleep with your own sister.”
“Why don't you slip into something more comfortable? Like a coma.”
“Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.”
“Why don't you swallow razor blades?”
“Why don't you think of [God] as the one who is coming, who has been approaching from all eternity... the ultimate fruit of a tree whose leaves we are.”
“Why don't you trust women to make this choice for themselves? We can encourage people to support life. Of course we can. But why don't you trust women? Why doesn't Donald Trump trust women to make this choice for themselves? That's what we ought to be doing in public life. Living our lives of faith or motivation with enthusiasm and excitement, convincing other, dialoguing with each other about important moral issues of the day but on fundamental issues of morality, we should let women make their own decisions.”
“Why don't you try to do without him, why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do you really need his heart for your throne? Do you need his labor for your baby? Do you need his beast for the bone? Do you need to hold a leash to be a lady? I know that you can make it, you can make it on your own.”
Source: Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
“Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James)”
“Why doncha come on over to the house and I'll show 'em to ya?”
“Why dont they stick to murder and leave art to us?”
“Why don’t I know You?” “Does anyone ever really know someone else?” “You think your cute,” she told him. “You think your gorgeous. But I’m the one guy here who knows better.” “So I’m not gorgeous?” Macey challenged. “Of course you are,” He started away, turned back at the last minute. “But I’m the guy who figured out that’s not all you are." — Double Crossed by Ally Carter”
“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue following their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer." From then on, the boy understood his heart. He asked it, please, never to stop speaking to him. He asked that, when he wandered far from his dreams, his heart press him and sound the alarm. The boy swore that, every time he heard the alarm, he would heed its message.”
“Why don’t the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.”
“Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do.”
Source: Looking for Alaska
“Why don’t we have libertarian anarchy? Why does government exist? The answer implicit in previous chapters is that government as a whole exists because most people believe it is necessary.”
Source: The machinery of freedom: guide to a radical capitalism
“Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?”
“Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?”
“Why don’t you lift the end?” said Alf. “It’s me back, Alf,” complained Mack. “You know how it troubles me.” “No more than mine troubles me,” said Alf. “But I said it first,” said Mack.”
“Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s very good. Half the words are missing.” “Half?” “Well, some,” she amended. “But truly, that’s not the problem.” He blinked, waiting for her to continue. She did. Of course. “I don’t think Italian is the author’s native tongue,” she said. “The author of the dictionary?” he queried. “Yes. It’s not terribly idiomatic.”
“Why don’t you try wandering with me to the Palace of Not-Even-Anything”