Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says ... somebody ought to do something about that? Why not… — Steve Pavlina
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. — Henry George Bohn
There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since… — William Penn
There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country,… — Edmund Burke
The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day. — Matthew Henry
I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God… — Dwight L. Moody
There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to… — William Wilberforce
Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.) — Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
If I were asked ... to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Half of our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. - John Churton Collins… — William Magee
He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem. — John Milton
We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to go. — Marion Barry
Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought — Abraham Lincoln
It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse. — Christopher Hitchens
For once, I believe that PETA, at least on the level of logic, is correct. If the NCAA has to protect offended Native Americans ...… — Tom Feeney
All that is deformed ought to be reformed. The Word of God alone teaches us what ought to be so, and all reform effected otherwise… — Unknown Author
The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past… — Oscar Wilde
I would like to believe that the discovery of even a single fossil bacteria on Mars would teach us what we ought to know all… — Richard E. Berendzen
I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's not a n*gger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the… — Harry S. Truman
There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of the site, and this guy is just a garbage man. — George W. Bush
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. — Antonin Scalia
One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast becoming blends, in… — Marya Hornbacher
Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false… — Marquis de Sade
Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another. — Kenny Ausubel

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