Ought Quotes · Page 21

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

— Robert Herrick

When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

— Anonymous

A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.

— Simone Weil

A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

— George Bernard Shaw

In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

— Abraham Lincoln

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.

— Rick Perry

Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung.

— Josephus Daniels

Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

There is a social injunction implied in the positivist and analyst methods. This social axiom is that :;:;:;:;:;:; We OUGHT to act…

— Jacob Bronowski

I can see that you [Bruce Cole] are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody…

— Donald Kagan

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought…

— Elihu Root

I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but…

— David Christian

Toleration in religion was one of the great rights of man, and a man ought never to be deprived of what was…

— Charles James Fox

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. Since I ought to be arrogant, impressed with…

— Gore Vidal

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws .…

— Noah Webster

We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionally limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with…

— Mike Lee

We must remember to teach our children that even if others fail to be kind and considerate, we ought to be slow…

— Theodore M. Burton

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives…

— John Hurt

If merit is not recognised, still it is merit, and it ought to be honoured as such; but if it is rewarded,…

— Keshub Chandra Sen

I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a…

— James Madison

If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we…

— Russell Kirk

When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silenced for…

— Anne Fortier

Yesterday, two firefighters with the Florida Division of Forestry were killed while working on the Blue Ribbon Fire in Florida. On behalf…

— John Godfrey Saxe

there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the…

— James Madison

Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. In the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living…

— William Hazlitt

Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is…

— Saint Francis de Sales

It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should…

— George Washington

The love of God is not taught. No one has taught us to enjoy the light or to be attached to life…

— Saint Basil

The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares…

— Malcolm X

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

— Arthur W. Pink

Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.

— John Lubbock

It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.

— John Masefield

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

— Joseph Addison

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

— Algernon Sidney

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

— Benjamin Franklin

A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink.

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson