W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the suspension of the habeas corpus law have been worthy of that suspension. They have been either real treasons, wherein the parties might as well have been charged at once, or sham plots, where it was shameful they should ever have been suspected. Yet for the few cases wherein the suspension of the habeas corpus has done real good, that operation is now become habitual and the minds of the nation almost prepared to live under its constant suspension.”
Source: Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers
“Why take chances? It may be nonsense, but does anybody really know? And people have certainly been fascinated by astrology for thousands of years.”
Source: My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan
“Why take drugs specifically designed to send you insane?”
Source: Engleby: A Novel
“Why take hours to drown when you can do it in a minute? Death can be kind if you allow him to be – sometimes”
“Why take life seriously? No one gets out alive anyways.”
“Why take minimum from life if you can take maximum from life? Both are on the table!”
“Why take pride in cooking, when they don't take pride in eating?”
“Why take revenge when forgetting them is a better achievement?”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Why talk about sculpture when I can photograph it?”
“Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.”
Source: How to enjoy your life and your job
“why talk and say the unsaid words in haste when silence can speak the unspoken words?”
“Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?”
“Why talk of the team when our Cricket Board is like an exclusive club with members being there for years on end? If they can stay on without performing, the players too feel they can stay in the team without too big a performance.”
“Why talk when you can paint?”
Source: Milton Avery
“Why tarnish a child's mirror with the stains of your own conflicts? Poisoning their innocence is not strength, it's the mark of a feeble heart and a timid soul.”
“Why teach tithing, when New Testament giving is extravagant generosity!”
“Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?”
Source: Autobiography of J.S. Mill & on Liberty; Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh & Sir Walter Scott
“Why tell women the truth, anyway? No need to add to their advantages.”
Source: Somebody's Darling
“Why, Tess,' Billy said, with exaggerated surprise, 'aren't you just crazy about being a cheerleader?'
'Oh, I love it,' she responded derisively. 'All this rah-rah stuff is for infants. I'm sick of it.' I could hardly believe my ears. How could anyone get sick of being part of the most prestigious group of females in the school? I mean, in my own thoughts, I could make fun of cheerleading as a mindless activity, but I couldn't sneer at the popularity and adoration the cheerleaders received as their due. I couldn't be that dishonest with myself.”
Source: The Innkeeper's Daughter
“Why thank you, little lady,' Dan answers, sounding more like John Wayne than me. He flexes his muscles. 'Let me strap on my manly board and show you what I can really do.”
Source: The Perfect Blindside
“Why, that is nothing: for I tell you, father,
I am as peremptory as she proud-minded;
And where two raging fires meet together
They do consume the thing that feeds their fury:
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all:
So I to her and so she yields to me;
For I am rough and woo not like a babe.”
Source: The Taming of the Shrew
“Why, that is why the gods made whores for imps like me.”
Source: A Storm of Swords
“Why, that means you’re just a … busybody. You could be anyone. You could be a journalist.’”
Source: British Bulldog
“Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it”
“Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through”
“Why the Christian life is so difficult to many is because they have a divided heart. They are double-minded, which makes them unstable in all their ways.”
“Why, the club was just the quietest place in the world, a place where a woman could run in to brush her hair and wash her hands, and change her library book, and have a cup of tea.”
Source: Saturday's Child
“Why the confidential advisor provision is so important, because most women - the first place they go is online: "What do I do if I'm raped?" There's no knowledge about "How do I proceed?" in a way that's going to protect them.”
“Why the connection with musicians? I think it's because in the end we're doing very similar things - we're telling stories, we're using poetic, lyrical language, and we're distilling stories down into their simplest form. We're both telling a story in two languages - word and music for them; and word and image for me.”
“Why the constant rereading? Is it not obvious? Firstly, reading and rereading distract him from thinking about himself, from enumerating the reasons behind his self-imposed predicament, from dwelling on his endless plight. Secondly, he rereads to remind himself what truly good writing is, how it formidably contrasts with what he published. Perhaps he’ll finally learn something. To apply to what? To apply to nothing.”
Source: Keys to an Empty House
“Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement. One dissenting voice would shatter the whole fragile structure.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“Why the delay? Why does God let evil and pain so flagrantly exist, even thrive, on this planet?...He holds back for our sakes. Re-creation involves us; we are, in fact, at the center of his plan...the motive behind all human history, is to develop us, not God. Our very existence announces to the powers in the universe that restoration is under way. Every act of faith by every one of the people of God is like the tolling of a bell, and a faith like Job's reverberates throughout the universe.”
Source: Disappointment with God
“Why, the devil, do you see,' said Jack, 'is the seam between the deck-planking and the timbers, and we call it the devil, because it is the /devil/ for the caulkers to come at: in full we say, the devil to pay and no pitch hot; and what we mean is, that there is something hell-fire difficult to be done - must be done - and nothing to do it with. It is a figure.”
Source: The Mauritius Command
“Why the devil was my husband positively grinning - and with what looked remarkably like relief?”
Source: The Mary Russell Series 9-Book Bundle: O Jerusalem, Justice Hall, The Game, Locked Rooms, The Language of Bees, The God of the Hive, Pirate King, Garment of Shadows, Dreaming Spies
“Why the difference? We are one! Yes, we are one! We are one because we breathe the same air no matter where we go! Just as the fingers lean on the same hand for survival, so are we! God knew why He created the fingers with spaces! We are one! Let us not harm ourselves just because you don’t understand me and I don’t understand you! Let us miss misunderstanding, and we shall surely see that understanding! We are one! Just as the fingers come together to feed the same stomach that gives the hand they all stand on strength, so are we! When it is time for work, some of the fingers are very active and some stay dormant, but they all receive the same nutrient from the body! When it is time for thumbs-up, the thumb rises for the approval and glory and all other fingers come together in support of it! All the fingers have their own unique function that is vital for the good functioning of the hand! Let one finger get hurt, and you shall see how the others would never be comfortable! We are separated for a purpose, and we are one for a purpose! The glory of the thick forest is not in how the trees stand alone when you have a closer view, but how it looks so beautiful like a canopy from a distance! The difference is in how we see it! The difference is in how we understand it! Hello, we are one! The love of God is for all!”
“Why the Egyptian, Arabic, Abyssinian, Choctaw? Well, what tongue does the wind talk? What nationality is a storm? What country do rains come from? What color is lightning? Where does thunder goe when it dies?”
Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That’s baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, ‘I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.’”
“Why the fuck are you naked?" he demanded.
"It's how I express my inner crea-tiv-it-ai," he said innocently. "I need to be free of clothes when I paint, it is my way, sir.”
Source: Alpha Wolf
“Why the fuck did you push me?” I yelled.
“I told you. I had to see something,” Meir said. He made it sound like it was obvious.
“And I have to see how handsome your face would look with a purple eye,” I said.”
Source: The Smitten Sky: An Enemies to Lovers Dark Fantasy Romance
“Why the fuck was that necessary?" I yelled at the cool, empty room. "I thought we were motherfucking friends. I was restoring your foundation, not selling you off for salvage, and this is how you repay me? Stabbing me in the fucking spine?”
Source: Preservation
“Why the fuck would I marry you? I don't even like you.”
Source: All Jacked Up
“Why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Why the hell can't people just write nice happy stories about people having happy sex? That's what I want, and I bet a whole bunch of other people want it too.”
“Why the hell didn't faerie food come with a warning written in bold letters: MADE IN LA LA LAND. EATING WILL OPEN YOU UP TO FAERIE ATTACKS.”
Source: Hold Tight
“Why the hell do I have to keep updating my apps on my iPhone all the time and why you don't fix that?”
“Why the hell do we make such a big deal out of things that shouldn't be a big deal?”
“Why the hell do you care?”
With a shrug, Mayhem replied, “I don’t have anything better to do. And I haven’t been allowed to watch TV for how long? Your drama is going to be my new favorite show.”
Source: The Wolf
“Why the hell do you keep blaming Brigid for everything? I wasn't even aware she existed until this afternoon. The ancestors were the ones who told me everything."
Phoebe's face drained of blood. "Did they tell you why our mother died?"
"Not yet," Sybil admitted. "Flora is going to show us. Then you and I are going to have a long chat, just the two of us.”
Source: The Women of Wild Hill
“Why the hell does everybody want to succeed? I'd like to meet somebody who wanted to fail. That's the only sublime thing.”
Source: Manhattan Transfer
“Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?”