Asking Why – Page 2

In science we see

In science we see progress. In art there is no progress. In art the questions have always been the same. From the beginning of time till now, we are always asking the same questions. There are very few. We are looking for God, we are asking why we die, we are contemplating sex and the … Read more

Nowadays, to be frank,

Nowadays, to be frank, every week is a good week for freakshow television. we might start asking, Why are there so many freaks? And why do they all want to be on television? Caitlin Moran

All highly competent people

All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss. Benjamin Franklin

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world. Barack Obama

Occasional observers of horror

Occasional observers of horror movies have a nasty habit of asking why it is that there is always some poor misguided soul who opens the door to the cellar or to the attic or to the crypt when it’s quite clear that no sane person would even consider it. Andrew Tudor

Marrying Cal, the scion

Marrying Cal, the scion of a family whose wealth dated to the Industrial Revolution and had multiplied through every turn of the American economy since, ought to have eased her worries about failing to climb as high as she believed she deserved. But the money was his, not theirs. The unspoken power this gave him … Read more

A Western upbringing tends

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. Amy Chua

Sadness, seriousness are parts

Sadness, seriousness are parts of a psychologically sick man – they need causes. So when you are feeling happy, don’t start asking, ‘Why am I happy?’ When you are feeling sad ask why you are sad. But strangely, it has become conventional to our minds that when we are sad we accept it as if … Read more

We have peace with

We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, ‘Why are we having this relationship when it’s not benefiting anybody?’ Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
Abdallah II

During World War II,

During World War II, Joseph Stalin was once asked by an American writer, according to Professor Dean Russell, how he could justify conscripting all the property of all the people for use by the government to fight the war. Stalin answered by asking why they considered it more immoral and illogical to conscript lifeless property than to conscript life itself, as was being done in the United States and all other capitalistic countries. His American challenger had no answer, because there was no answer.
Ron Paul