I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
You can take a school like the University of Colorado, with a selective admission standard. It has a better caliber student going… — Roy Romer 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
Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man's opinion... Since men are able to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
We've even lost the definition of immigration. "Immigration" today, if you listen to the left, equals anybody who wants to come into… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing… — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
Art that means anything in the life of a community must bear some relation to current interpretations of the mystery of the… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Since human good is what humans ought to pursue, the pursuit of interest to Aristotle is then such activity of soul, that… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up… — Plato Copy Share Image
Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
It sends the signal that you can kill and walk away and not face the kind of justice that you ought to… — Troy King Copy Share Image
...I felt that photography ought to start with and remain faithful to the appearance of the world, and in so doing record… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
I think we should keep voting, I think we should keep supporting things that we believe in. I don't think we ought… — Charlie Daniels Copy Share Image
The last thing it [government] ought to do is to ground its proceedings on the ignorance of the people, - to yield… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better. — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Make your kids go out and play. Kids ought to grow up the way you and I grew up and we grew… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is quit digging. . . . Instead they… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There are significant moments in everyone's day that can make literature. That's what you ought to write about. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
We were not made by Nature to work, or even to play, from eight o'clock in the morning till midnight. We ought… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought… — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles Copy Share Image
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
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