„Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to,
when all they need is one reason why they can“
Martha Graham2
US-amerikanische Tänzerin, Choreografin und Pädagogin 1894 - 1991Ähnliche Zitate
„Why not? Why not? Why not not, then, if the best reasoning you can contrive is why not?“
— David Foster Wallace, buch Unendlicher Spaß
Quelle: Infinite Jest
„Why Paris? Paris needs no reason. Paris is its own reason.“
— Maureen Johnson, buch 13 Little Blue Envelopes
Quelle: 13 Little Blue Envelopes
— David Gilmour guitarist, singer, best known as a member of Pink Floyd 1946
"Childhood's End", on Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Kontext: Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why
Some are born, some men die,
Beneath one infinite sky?
There'll be war, there'll be peace,
But everything one day will cease,
All the iron turned to rust,
All the proud men turned to dust,
And so all things time will mend,
So this song will end.
— Sri Chinmoy Indian writer and guru 1931 - 2007
#14550, Part 15
Seventy Seven Thousand Service-Trees series 1-50 (1998)
„Why is this all so hard? Why do these old men need it so hard?“
— Margaret Cho American stand-up comedian 1968
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, WAR
„Why be angry because of what you cannot do? We all have to do what we can. . . . Als ich kann."“
— Romain Rolland French author 1866 - 1944
Gottfried to Jean-Christophe. Part 3: Ada
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Youth (1904)
Kontext: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day. Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower. Love it even when it is gray and sad like to-day. Do not be anxious. See. It is winter now. Everything is asleep. The good earth will awake again. You have only to be good and patient like the earth. Be reverent. Wait. If you are good, all will go well. If you are not, if you are weak, if you do not succeed, well, you must be happy in that. No doubt it is the best you can do. So, then, why will? Why be angry because of what you cannot do? We all have to do what we can.... Als ich kann.
„When we love there is no reason why.“
— Vanna Bonta Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014) 1958 - 2014
"Nothing Besides Itself"
Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales (1989)
— Martin H. Fischer American university teacher (1879-1962) 1879 - 1962
Fischerisms (1944)
„Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?“
— Artemus Ward American writer 1834 - 1867
Moses, the Sassy.
„Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die“
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson British poet laureate 1809 - 1892
Misquote of the lines "Theirs not to reason why, / theirs but to do and die" from The Charge of the Light Brigade
Misattributed
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge English poet, literary critic and philosopher 1772 - 1834
To a Lady, Offended by a Sportive Observation
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
