Robert Kennedy
Politician
"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Architect
"If you're going to have centralization, why not have it!"
Jorge Luis Borges
Writer, Poet
"I have preferred to teach my students not English literature but my love for certain authors, or, even better, certain pages, or even better than that, certain lines. One falls in love with a line, then with a page, then with an author. Well, why not? It is a beautiful process."
Dale Carnegie
Author, Speaker
"This is the only chance you will ever have on earth with this exciting adventure called life. So why not plan it, and try to live it as richly, as happily as possible?"
Lorena Garcia
Chef
"I love brunch because it's breakfast and lunch why not."
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"Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'."
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"Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not."
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"If i had to do it all over again? Why not, I would do it a little bit differently."
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"I say, 'Why not' to everything."
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"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."
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"But I don't give up; I forget why not."
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"If you were to show me your current financial plan, would I get so excited by it that I would go across the country and lecture on it? If the answer is no, then here's my question: ‘Why not?’ Why wouldn't you have a superior financial plan that is taking you to the places you want to go?"
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"I dream of things that are not and ask why not."
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"Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible."
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"Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot."
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"And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!"
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"Live a "Why not?" life, man. Take the shot. The shot is always worth taking."
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"When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves."
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"My Poor Dad Often Said, 'I'd Rather Be Happy Than Rich.' My Rich Dad Said, 'Why Not Be Both?'"
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"Make up your mind that nothing is more important than how I feel now, because now is everything. Now is the whole enchilada. Now is the power of me. Now, now, now, now, now... You might as well start somewhere, and it might as well be now. Why not start improving your life now, now, now?"
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"Where did God come from? If we decide this is an unanswerable question why not save a step and conclude that the origin of the universe is an unanswerable question."
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"To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'"
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"In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'"
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"People are going to start realizing, why take those antibiotics that are extracts of mushrooms? Why not just have the mushrooms?"
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"When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try."
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