Christianity has its own superstition, anyway: Why you turn three times, what this saint means, why you pray to the patron saint of lost causes, why you go this way or that way. – Ciaran Hinds
Economics is mostly how humans rationalize who gets what and why. It’s how we instantiate our preferences about status, privileges, and power. – Nick Hanauer
Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have? – Matthew Tobin Anderson
Listen, when somebody says, ‘I take the fifth,’ well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth? – Nancy Grace
Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative. – Ehud Barak
It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don’t know why they were fired into Kuwait. – Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t! – George Bernard Shaw
I’m a complete addict of The ‘X Factor,’ so I can see why everyone gets so inspired. But there’s a downside to celebrity: your life is up for grabs, your career is much more disposable, and you are therefore vulnerable. It’s a high price to pay. – Diana Quick
It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells… to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin. – Dave Barry
The Beatles weren’t like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band. – Gene Simmons
I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I’ve sold more magazines than any man alive. – Felix Dennis
When you look at things like Flickr and Youtube, they are specialised blogging systems, so why hasn’t blogging encompassed that ease of functionality? – Matt Mullenweg
There’s no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view. – Gary Herbert
When you have so many things, and you have no idea why, you think, ‘Maybe I’m supposed to do things for other people.’ – Nikki Sixx
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, why didn’t he give the famous consulting detective a few more quirks: a wooden leg, say, and an Oedipus complex? Well, Holmes didn’t need many physical tics or personality disorders; the very concept of a consulting detective was still fresh and original in 1887. – Christopher Fowler
I’ve got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing – that’s why you get offered the same roles. – Danny Dyer
‘Pasadena’ erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn’t get picked up. – Mark Valley
There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls. – Miriam Makeba
If we do no mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well? – Carol P. Christ
