#why

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. ↗

— Albert Camus

#barbarous #because #been #centuries #check

Talking to my wife, we stare at each other, saying, 'How is this happening? Why is this happening? Why now?' It's nothing I ever aspired to. ↗

— Steve Carell

#each #ever #happening #how #i

What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me. ↗

— John Carpenter

#ask #frightens #genre #horror #know

That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#comedians #corporate #kicked #kind #laborious

One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time of night? I was miserable, and it came to me: I'm falling in love with somebody I have no right to fall in love with. ↗

— June Carter Cash

#am #came #car #clock #could

The Internet was appealing partly because it was something I could do in bed and feel like I was achieving something. I had an operation when I was 13 and ended up with complications, so I was in and out of the hospital. The bottom line is you can get through health challenges. It's part of why I was so driven. ↗

— Pete Cashmore

#appealing #because #bed #bottom #bottom line

Why do Greeks always open restaurants that fail? ↗

— George Chakiris

#fail #greeks #open #restaurants #why

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament. ↗

— Michael Chang

#attitude #close #come #even #feel

Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape? ↗

— Geraldine Chaplin

#marvelous #reality #rich #want #why

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question "How?" but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question "Why?" ↗

— Erwin Chargaff

#answer #ask #confused #equipped #gets