Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
I ought to respect myself for my friends' sake, and my children's. It is time, at fifty-six, to begin, at least, to… — John Constable Copy Share Image
Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have. — Richard S. Salant Copy Share Image
You ought to try eating raw oysters in a restaurant with every eye focused upon you - it makes you feel as… — Lillian Russell Copy Share Image
Never allow the cross to lose it’s centrality to the ministry of your church. I believe we ought to connect ancient truth… — Brandon Cox Copy Share Image
I ought to spend the best hours of the day in communion with God. It is my noblest and most fruitful employment,… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few. — Janet Erskine Stuart Copy Share Image
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
If 10 percent is good enough for the Lord, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I wish that there was a unified Democratic position on the war in Iraq. I was that there was a unified American… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Be careful what you say if you wouldn't want it broadcast everywhere - because you never know. My basic advice would be… — Ysabella Brave Copy Share Image
As a means of variation from a normal type, sickness in childhood ought to have a certain value not to be classed… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
It is now 14 years since I first suggested that organic farming might have some benefits and ought to be taken seriously.… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
