My kids haven’t watched one episode of ‘Growing Pains’. I’ll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids. – Kirk Cameron
I used to always read my stuff. And I could never understand why artists would say, ‘Oh, I can’t read my older stuff.’ I’d go, ‘Are you crazy? I could read my stuff forever!’ Now it’s a little harder. – Jaime Hernandez
The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn’t have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places? – Maggie Smith
I am a professional actor, and I don’t go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You’re not making some kind of social statement. That’s not what actors do. – Malcolm McDowell
I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. – Ken Thompson
Why are Washington and Oregon the home turf of every violent Left-wing radical? It seems to be a never-ending cycle of radical Lefties burning down Starbucks and moderate lefties upset they can’t get their lattes. – Milo Yiannopoulos
Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed? – Marilyn vos Savant
I like refried beans. That’s why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they’re just as good and we’re just wasting time. You don’t have to fry them again after all. – Mitch Hedberg
Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave? – Muhammad Iqbal
If I could make albums quicker, I’d be on a roll wouldn’t I? Everything just seems to take so much time. I don’t know why. Time… evaporates. – Kate Bush
When you get back to fundamental questions – ‘Why should anything exist?’ A, I’m not sure what the answer is in terms of the science, and B, I’m not sure that science can even ask that question. – John Rhys-Davies
The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately. – Kevin Systrom
Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another? – James D. Houston
William Faulkner, Muriel Spark, Richard Yates, William Styron, James Salter, Alice Munro. They’re very different writers, and I admire them for different reasons. The common thread, I guess, is that they remind me what’s possible, why I wanted to write fiction in the first place. – Jennifer Haigh
I was Santa Claus in first year of primary school, our elementary’s school play, because I had most panache, that was probably why. I was 5. – James Frecheville
I feel like, O.K., if I can make it as a singer, then let me try rapping. If I can make it as a rapper, then let me try writing. All right? If I make it as a rap singer and writer, then why not try to produce? I don’t feel limited in any way. – Missy Elliott
I haven’t been afraid of John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Bill Evans or Wayne Shorter or Herbie Hancock. Why would I be afraid of the Beatles? – Kurt Elling
Don’t waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can’t do it all. Why berate yourself for not achieving the impossible? – Karen Finerman
I’m difficult for management. That’s why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management. – Keith Olbermann
She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don’t ask me why. – Jim Lampley
But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. – Laurence Sterne
We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years. – Ken Mehlman
When you win and you don’t have anyone to share it with, why win? You have to have someone to share it with. – Joe Greene
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why. – Mignon McLaughlin
However, intention needn’t enter in, and if a reader sees things in a religious way, and the work is dogmatically acceptable, then I don’t see why it should not be interpreted in that way, as well as in others. – James Schuyler
Daddy was real gentle with kids. That’s why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. – Loretta Lynn
