Oui interview (1979)
Context: Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn’t mean you’ve reached them. With reading comprehension being what it is in the U. S., you can safely toss that one out the window. If you want to judge by the listening habits of people who buy records, the first thing they do is put it on and talk over it.
Source: Time Cat (1963), Chapter 10 “Odranoel” (pp. 100-101)
“But just because you bury something, that doesn’t mean it stops existing.”
Source: We'll Always Have Summer
“When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?”
Source: Water for Elephants
“You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.”
Notebook E: Epigrams, Wisecracks, and Jokes https://books.google.com/books?id=NIhKY8SpAE4C&q=%22You%20don%27t%20write%20because%20you%20want%20to%20say%20something%3B%20you%20write%20because%20you%27ve%20got%20something%20to%20say.%22&pg=PA123#v=onepage, edited by Edmund Wilson (1945)
Quoted, The Crack-Up (1936)
“Just because something’s crazy, doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”
Part 5, Chapter 1 (p. 228)
Artifact (1985)
“But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for.”
Variant: Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.
Source: The Phantom Tollbooth
“Just because something’s damaged doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be treated with respect”
Source: Along for the Ride
2015, Remarks to the Kenyan People (July 2015)
Context: Every country and every culture has traditions that are unique and help make that country what it is. But just because something is a part of your past doesn’t make it right. It doesn’t mean that it defines your future. [... ] Just because something is a tradition doesn’t make it right.
“Just because you leave someone doesn’t mean you ever let them go.”
Leaving Time
