A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In order that the relations between science and the age may be what they ought to be, the world at large must… — William Jay Youmans Copy Share Image
All men ought to think of Christ because of the office Christ fills between God and man. He is the eternal Son… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different… — David Hume Copy Share Image
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
People ought to be going over this, finding things they don't like. Congress has clearly proved they can act in a hurry.… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Every politician, every member of the clerical profession, ought to incur the reasonable suspicion of being an interested supporter of false doctrines,… — Thomas Cooper Copy Share Image
Economists are almost unanimous in conceding that the land tax has no adverse side effects. ...Landowners ought to look at both sides… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I think people ought to realize that if you're doing investigative reporting, you're putting something on your newspaper or on your website… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
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Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless,… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Little children can learn anything, just as they can learn a foreign language. The mind is so absorbent then. There ought to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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the important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Being American is to eat a lot of beef steak, and boy, we've got a lot more beef steak than any other… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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We have been in recess since July, and during that time there has been a fuel crisis, a Danish no vote, the… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
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As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
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We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The sight of a paunchy playboy groping a scantily-dressed Diana must appal and humiliate Prince William... As the mother of two young… — Lynda Lee-Potter Copy Share Image
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
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I do not know what will happen in China politically. I do know that it is impossible to maintain the communist system… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
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Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
![“We have been in recess since July, and during that time there has been a fuel crisis, a Danish no vote, the collapse of the euro and a war in the middle east, but what is our business tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [Lords]. It ought to be called the Bankruptcy Bill [Commons], because we play no role.” quote by Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a5/tony-benn-2543_bankruptcy_we-have-been-in-recess-since-july-and-du_837447.jpg)
