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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
Eyes
Alexander Pope

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The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.
Bosses and Employees
Diane Ravitch

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It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
Work, Hard
Ronald Reagan

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If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
Stupidity
Will Rogers

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Why not spend some time determining what is worthwhile for us, and then go after that?
Desire
William Ross

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Admiration
Jean Rostand

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No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
Reputation
Helen Rowland

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One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.
Cries and Crying
Marquis De Sade

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Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!
Motivation
Max Schmelling

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Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
Risk
Frank Scully

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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
Success
Seneca

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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
Purpose
Seneca

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Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection.
Faults
Marquise De SeVigne

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We always hear about the haves and the have-nots. Why don't we hear about the doers and the do-nots.
Fame
Thomas Sewell

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Every why has a wherefore.
Purpose
William Shakespeare

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There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.
Explanations
William Shakespeare

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Why should honor outlive honestly? [Orthello]
Honor
William Shakespeare

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Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend?
Cost
William Shakespeare

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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Liberty
George Bernard Shaw

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Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I of dream things that never were, and say, Why not?
Vision
George Bernard Shaw

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We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?
Churches
George Bernard Shaw

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

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
Action
Samuel Smiles

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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
Forgiveness
Sophocles

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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
Health
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun