Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I still hung on to an… — Wendell Berry
Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have,… — Ambrose Bierce
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings
No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it… — George Boole
I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced… — Vera Brittain
Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick… — Joseph Brodsky
You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable… — Charlotte Bronte
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. — Emily Bronte
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. — Edmund Burke
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. — Edmund Burke
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do,… — Edmund Burke
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. — Barbara Bush
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun. — George W. Bush
I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the… — Jeb Bush
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. — Samuel Butler
When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. — Tony Campolo
I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The… — Tony Campolo
Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs;… — Eric Cantor
I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it. — Raymond Chandler
I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I… — Jimmy Carter
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation… — Jimmy Carter
When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as… — Jimmy Carter
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure… — Giacomo Casanova
I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up. — Mary Cassatt

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