To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'
Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.
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!
There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank. ' It's as though money is what you're doing, rather than playing music. If you're playing a money game, why not get into banking?
In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama. Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new?
If the risk is high, the reward is high. . . Why not roll the dice?
The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power but eventually will only work if they change perceptions and values. Why not go the direct route and work with perceptions and values?
It is only by yielding to God that we can begin to realize His will for us. And if we truly trust God, why not yield to His loving omniscience? After all, He knows us and our possibilities much better than do we.
You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
We are women. We are attractive. We have great bodies. You can't escape that fact, so why not use it to our advantage? If sex sells, I'm all for it.
"I can't sleep" answered the nervous one. "Why not?" asked the friend. "I am carrying so much cotton that I can't sleep thinking about. It is wearing me out. What can I do?" "Sell down to the sleeping point", answered the friend.
I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.
As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.
As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.
A work of art is full of perhapses and maybesos. Where the perhapses are found, something has to be done about it. And since art deals wtih the perhapses and maybesos, and why not call it the consummate science. . . which gets its perfection from seemingly imperfection.
What about this?" I held up a battered copy of Beauty and the Beast. "It sounds romantic. " Xavier wrinkled his nose. "Disney. . . I don't think so. " "Why not?" "Because if anyone found out, I'd never live it down. " "I won't tell if you don't," I pleaded, and Xavier shook his head in defeat. "The things I do for you," He said with an exaggerated sigh.
Why not pick up the new full-length motion picture at the corner drugstore and then run it through one's home TV receiver?
The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it. " The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me?
Why should I just limit myself to the Urdu language? Why not sing in different languages?
Men use to reason with themselves: It will not always be health, let us lay up for sickness; it will not always be youth, for age; and why not, saith St. Paul, it will not alway be this life, nor alway present life, lay up for yourselves against the life to come.