Why are you reading this website? Here are some proverbs and quotes about why.
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A tiny but dignified old lady was among a group looking at an art exhibition in a newly opened gallery. One modern painting caught her eye. "What on earth," she inquired of the artist standing nearby, "is that?"
He smiled condescendingly. "That, my dear lady, is supposed to be a mother and her child."
"Well, then," snapped the little old lady, "why isn't it?"
Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmonyPaul McCartney
Side by side on my piano keyboard, Oh Lord why don't we?
Source: Ebony and Ivory lyrics
Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.Stephen Hawking
Every why has a wherefore.For everything there is a reason.
God in His wisdom made the flyOgden Nash
And then forgot to tell us why.
Source: The Fly
I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.Stephen Hawking
I say, if any misanthrope were to put, in my presence, the question 'Why were we born?' I should reply, 'To make an effort'Charles Dickens
Source: Dombey and Son
Quoted: Mrs. Chick
I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed?Emily Brontë
Source: Wuthering Heights
If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?
If you can talk about it, why paint it?Francis Bacon
When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.Stephen Roberts
Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.Stephen Hawking
Why be anything other than good? Why do anything other than love?Johnathan Dahl
Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.Fernando Pessoa
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?Ernest Gaines
Why should poetry have to make sense?Charlie Chaplin
