I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something.… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something… — George Boole Copy Share Image
Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are a million 'oughts' in the world. There's a million ways in which I ought to be serving the world. But… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People...ought to be free to… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Well, I'm not saying that we're solving every problem or arresting every person that ought to be arrested and deported, but we're… — Thad Cochran Copy Share Image
We Protestants ought to humbly confess that the theater and the sports have done more for race amity, for race understanding than,… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I think young people ought to seek that differential experience that is going to knock them off dead center. I was a… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
We don't consider manual work as a curse, or a bitter necessity, not even as a means of making a living. We… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to… — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face… — Charles Edward Montague Copy Share Image
We take, and must continue to take, morally hazardous actions to preserve our civilization. We must exercise our power. But we ought… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of… — Cy Young Copy Share Image
Sometimes, life isn't about what you want to do but what you ought to do. — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day. — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
