#why not

For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is doing something original, almost in spite of himself. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#comes #day #doing #door #himself

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

#ask #dream #i #i dream #look

Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#apple #apples #cart #rot #upset

Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you are bored or you have problems, it can be a way of lifting your spirits, by doing something light and superficial. Why not? ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#bored #cast #doing #grew #how

Gooseberries should be mainstream berries! Why are chemically fattened strawberries a thing? Why not the delicious gooseberry? ↗

— Andrew Dost

#chemically #delicious #mainstream #should #strawberries

I'm criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I've had my pot shots at them. I'm fair game. ↗

— Mordecai Richler

#criticized #establishment #fair #fair game #feminists

I seem to have been able to make a career out of doing what I feel like doing, so why not keep doing it? What's corrupting is wanting to be more important. You want to be more arty - you get your identity from that. Or you get your identity out of making more money. ↗

— Jane Campion

#arty #been #career #corrupting #doing

Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you. ↗

— Jim Cantalupo

#because #big #customers #doing #globe

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

— Dale Carnegie

#accomplish #admire #instead #people #people say

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#anything #battle #cheerful #confer #effort