God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?
When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is.
A Christian has no business being satisfied with mediocrity. He's supposed to reach for the stars. Why not? He's not on his own anymore. He has God's help now.
'Why risk?'" I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.
Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.
I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?
You read a lot about movies with budgets of $25 to 30 million. Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?
We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?
It is often said in the Bible that God spake unto Moses, but how do you know that God spake unto Moses? Because, you will say, the Bible says so. The Koran says, that God spake unto Mahomet, do you believe that too? No. Why not? Because, you will say, you do not believe it; and so because you do, and because you don't is all the reason you can give for believing or disbelieving except that you will say that Mahomet was an impostor. And how do you know Moses was not an impostor?
Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
Show me an 'easy person,' and I will show you a selfish one. Good-natured he may be; why not? since the disastrous consequences of his 'easiness' are generally shouldered by other people.
Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?
When somebody says, "You can't," I say, "Why not?"
Sometimes I'll hit a note and sometimes I don't. Why not at least try?
There aren't many millionaires who bowl over 100. Why not? Because they left the bowling league behind to build their fortunes.
Why not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?
Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?
Life is both pleasure and pain, is it not? But why should we cling to pleasure and avoid pain? Why not merely live with both? If you cling to pleasure what happens? You get attached, do you not?
The public wants to know why or why not. They don't want to know how you're going to do it.