Why Not Quotes

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  Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

  Paul Harvey

  Animal, Equality, Government

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• For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

  James Allen

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?

  George Bernard Shaw

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• It's your life... why not fill it with as much joy as possible?

  Bonnie St. John

  Life, Women, Empowering

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• Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Fear, People

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• There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

  Tim Ferriss

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Positivity

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• Live a "Why not?" life, man. Take the shot. The shot is always worth taking.

  Kevin Smith

  Men, Shots

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• Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

  Annie Besant

  Lying, Responsibility, Two

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• The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

  Jeff Bezos

  Success, Business, Entrepreneur

  "Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?

  Tony Abbott

  Simple, Want, Carbon Tax

  "Abbott dogged by old carbon comment", www.smh.com.au. June 7, 2011.

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• One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Attitude, Moving, Asking Why

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• You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Leadership, Dream, Famous Inspirational

  Back to Methuselah pt. 1, act 1 (1921). This was a favorite quotation of Robert F. Kennedy's, and Edward M. Kennedy used it in his eulogy of Robert Kennedy.

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• Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Laughing, Cry

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• My Poor Dad Often Said, 'I'd Rather Be Happy Than Rich.' My Rich Dad Said, 'Why Not Be Both?'

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Dad, Rich, Poor

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 29, 2012

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• Life is not easy. But that's not the only truth that matters in this context. It also happens to be true that it takes just as much effort to have a "bad life," in which you don't get what you want, as it does to have a "good life," where you do. So given the choice, why not go for the good life?

  David Bach

  Good Life, Effort, Choices

  David Bach (2018). “Smart Couples Finish Rich, Revised and Updated: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partner”, p.101, Currency

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• Why not live now instead of someday?

  Nir Eyal

  Someday

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• If you were to show me your current financial plan, would I get so excited by it that I would go across the country and lecture on it? If the answer is no, then here's my question: ‘Why not?’ Why wouldn't you have a superior financial plan that is taking you to the places you want to go?

  Jim Rohn

  Country, Answers, Want

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 17, 2013

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• If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?

  Ruth Gordon

  Thinking, Becoming, Critics

  Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books

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• I dream of things that are not and ask why not.

  Robert Kennedy

  Dream, Innovation, Innovative Leadership

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• The answer to our prayer of how to meet our children’s needs may be to more often technologically disconnect. Precious moments of opportunity to interact and converse with our children dissolve when we are occupied with distractions. Why not choose a time each day to disconnect from technology and reconnect with each other? Simply turn everything off. When you do this, your home may seem quiet at first; you may even feel at a loss as to what to do or say. Then, as you give full attention to your children, a conversation will begin, and you can enjoy listening to each other.

  Rosemary M. Wixom

  Prayer, Children, Home

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• You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?

  James Lee Burke

  Writing, Two, Choices

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• Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

  Edith Sitwell

  Success, Being Yourself, Secret

  "Edith Sitwell, a Unicorn Among Lions". Book by Victoria Glendinning (p. 54), 1981; later quoted in "An Uncommon Scold" edited by Abby Adams (p. 74), November 1, 1989.

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• The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it." The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me?

  Donny Deutsch

  Success, Keys, Phrases

  Donny Deutsch, Peter Knobler (2009). “Often Wrong, Never in Doubt: Unleash the Business Rebel Within”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• A man must generally get away some hundreds or thousands of miles from home before he can be said to begin his travels. Why not begin his travels at home? Would he have to go far or look very closely to discover novelties? The traveler who, in this sense, pursues his travels at home, has the advantage at any rate of a long residence in the country to make his observations correct and profitable. Now the American goes to England, while the Englishman comes to America, in order to describe the country.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Country, Travel, Home

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.86, Yale University Press

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