#why

The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody, why not do it that way? ↗

— Richard Land

#bloody #cat #east #getting #grandmother

Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#death #even #great #greater #i

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words? ↗

— Martin Freeman

#everyone #know #long #long words #pretend

Reading contemporary accounts brings home the fact that of any battle or campaign there are at least for different versions. One is that of those who fought in it, two is of the generals who commanded it, three is of those who reported on it at the time and made what they could of a mass of confused and often misleading information, and four is the version of those who had a theory about it and reported those facts which happened to fit the version they were trying to portray. ↗

— Philip Warner

#the-reason-why #home

Reading contemporary accounts brings home the fact that of any battle or campaign there are at least for different versions. One is that of those who fought in it, two is of the generals who commanded it, three is of those who reported on it at the time and made what they could of a mass of confused and often misleading information, and four is the version of those who had a theory about it and reported those facts which happened to fit the version they were trying to portray." ~The Crimean War: A reappraisal ↗

— Philip Warner

#the-reason-why #home

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that. ↗

— H. R. Giger

#because #curious #deeper #i #interested

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#again #almost #been #career #failed

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. ↗

— John Cage

#i #ideas #new #new ideas #old

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ↗

— David McCullough

#history #navigation #perilous #times #way

For as long as there's anyone to ask 'Why?' the answer will always be, 'Why not? ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#why #inspirational