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Asking Why Quotes (page 7)

why did it have to happen?'It was one more hollow echo to the question humanity had been asking for millenniums, the question men were seemingly born to ask. Kurt Vonnegut
Why do they have to move in packs?" Harry asked Ron as a dozen or so girls walked past them, sniggering and staring at Harry."How're you supposed to get one on their own to ask them?" "Lasso one?" Ron suggested. J. K. Rowling
Why do things this beautiful make me want to cry?" I asked Michael as I leaned into him. It was an unguarded question, one I'd never have asked of Hugh."I don't know," said Michael. "Maybe beauty, true beauty, is so overwhelming, it goes straight to our hearts. Maybe it makes us feel emotions that are locked away inside. James Patterson
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "Asking Jean-Claude not to be a pain in the ass was like asking..."
Asking Jean-Claude not to be a pain in the ass was like asking rain not to be wet. Why try? Laurell K. Hamilton
Why?' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time?' or 'When was the battle of 1066?' or 'How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy?' The answers are easy and are, respectively, 'Seven-thirty in the evening,' 'Ten-fifteen in the morning,' and 'Don't ask stupid questions. Douglas Adams
Bernard Levin quote: "Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably..."
Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all. Bernard Levin
Why is it," he asked vaguely, "that I think you are quite a decent fellow? Why do I positively like you, Gregory?" He paused a moment, and then added with a sort of fresh curiosity, "Is itbecause you are such an ass? Gilbert K. Chesterton
Ask yourself why Aemon Targaryan was allowed to waste his life upon the Wall when by rights he should have been raised to archmaester. His blood was why. He could not be trusted. George R. R. Martin
Why is failure the first thing I think of when I find myself in this sort of situation? Why can't I just enjoy myself? But if you have to ask the question, then you know you're lost: self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy. Already I'm wondering whether she's as aware of my erection as I am... Nick Hornby
Why, you may ask, didn't we have a cow tonight? No one would sell Bayard one. He had the brilliant idea of telling the farmers why he wanted the cow. The God-fearing folk would sell their cows to be eaten, but not for raising zombies. Prejudiced bastards. Laurell K. Hamilton
Why is it that married people always say "Come in" when everything they do says "Get out"? They talk about their miseries and then ask you why you're unmarried. Malcolm Bradbury
Why does she want me?" Coraline asked the cat. "Why does she want me to stay here with her?"She wants something to love, I think," said the cat. "Something that isn't her. She might want something to eat as well. It's hard to tell with creatures like that. Neil Gaiman
Why does a three-year-old, and it's usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don't know. Why wouldn't you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno. Michael Fassbender
Why do the President and Vice-President constantly change the subject when asked to explain why things are going so badly in Iraq? The answer is simple. They have been consistently wrong about Iraq, and the results speak for themselves. Patrick Leahy
Peter Bichsel quote: "Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure..."
Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems. Peter Bichsel

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