Ought Quotes · Page 16

No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

— Barton Gellman

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

— Ignatius of Loyola

I have so many liver spots, I ought to come with a side of onions.

— Phyllis Diller

[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.

— James Madison

The language of translation ought never to attract attention to itself.

— John Hookham Frere

An old poet ought never to be caught with his technique showing.

— Stanley Kunitz

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The sicker and the older you get, the more support you ought to get.

— Paul Ryan

From that house there has come so much life that it ought never to die or fall into ruin... For me that…

— Pearl S. Buck

We're the ones causing global warming. In fact, what we ought to be saying is population growth is a major cause of…

— Mechai Viravaidya

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters…

— Thomas Hood

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what…

— James Broughton

“Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.”

— Peter Prange

One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not…

— Wallace Stevens

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

— Walter Cronkite

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their…

— Derek Bok

If a religious principle is worth anything, it applies to a million of human beings as truly as to one; and the…

— Henry Parry Liddon

There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and…

— Noam Chomsky

Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me…

— Rembrandt

Peace and friendship are an amiable thing among men. They be so indeed, and we ought to seek them to the uttermost…

— John Calvin

I think it's terribly important to watch TV. I think there's a sort of minimum number of hours of TV a day…

— J. G. Ballard

[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and…

— James Madison

We ought to give our friend pain if it will benefit him, but not to the extent of breaking off our friendship;…

— Plutarch

Life is like a garden. Quite naturally, leaves wither and flowers fade. Only if we clear the decay of the past then…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Small-scale fisheries should not be favoured over large-scale operations ebcause of romantic notions of rugged small operators battling both the elements and…

— Daniel Pauly

I think it's a sign of a gotcha political system that's looking to take down public interest candidates that they make a…

— Jill Stein

It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as…

— Thomas Paine

The most important lesson I think I could impart is don't let anyone determine what your horizons are going to be. You…

— Condoleezza Rice

There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the…

— James Madison

Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any…

— Calvin Coolidge

Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which…

— Jonathan Swift

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

What I hated was doing what somebody in LA thought Jeff Foxworthy ought to do.

— Jeff Foxworthy

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.

— Kin Hubbard

It ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that writes books.

— Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

There ought t'be some way t'eat celery so it wouldn't sound like you wuz steppin' on a basket.

— Kin Hubbard

It is easy to make excuses when we ought to be making opportunities.

— Warren W. Wiersbe

The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also.

— Nicholas Culpeper