“To me there's nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different and therefore the law shouldn't apply to us. Why not then say sharia can be applied to different parts of the country? It doesn't work.” DifferentCountryLawCommunityPrinciplesCatholicAgencyWhy NotAdoptionOur CommunityMethodistsSharia Author:Trevor Phillips
“It's as if the whole notion of growing soil is something only lunatics would think about. But why not grow soil? Does anything make more sense than growing soil? Isn't that more important than tractors, trucks, silos, barns, county fairs and country music? Of course it is. And yet to the lion's share of American farmers, the very notion of growing soil is just plain silly.” IfsThinkingDoeImportantCountryWholeCoursesGrowsGrowingShareLandFairsNotionSillySoilWhy NotLionsFarmersTruckCountyBarnsTractorsCounty Fair Author:Joel Salatin
“The hopelessness of the Turkish Government should make me witness with delight its being swept out of the countries which it tortures. Next to the Ottoman Government nothing can be more deplorable and blameworthy than jealousies between Greek and Slav and plans by the States already existing for appropriating other territory. Why not Macedonia for the Macedonians as well as Bulgaria for the Bulgarians and Serbia for the Serbians?” ShouldWellsCountryStatesGovernmentNextPlansDelightWitnessGreekTortureWhy NotTerritoryHopelessnessTurkishSerbiaBulgariaOttomansMacedoniaBulgarians Author:William E. Gladstone
“There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.” PeopleCountryWantedTogetherPoorRolesExampleBuildingErasWhy NotTentsMultiracial Author:Whoopi Goldberg