Ought Quotes

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Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more… — Adam Grant
I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young. — Fidel Castro
It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to… — Etty Hillesum
Anything can happen in stock markets and you ought to conduct your affairs so that if the most extraordinary events happen, that you're still around… — Warren Buffett
We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust." Because, as a nation, we've got… — Art Hoppe
At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if… — Joseph Story
The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter — Wilfred Owen
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state, however constituted. "He… — Edmund Burke
Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery. — D. H. Lawrence
I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man… — Anthony Trollope
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion. — Jeremy Bentham
We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as… — Alan Greenspan
Our next Cold War ought to be with ourselves...After all, who poses the biggest danger to the American environment? We do. — Bill Hicks
Surgeon General's warning ought to read: Smoking has been determined t0 cause cancer, heart disease & rednecks with seniority. — Bill Hicks
I think it’s time to open the books, on questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government investigations of UFOs, it’s… — John Podesta
I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care — James Q. Wilson
Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be. — Brooks Atkinson
Illiteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world which,… — William McKinley
Coach Bryant, before you start hugging me, you ought to know that my boys are fixing to get after y’all’s ass, — Pat Dye
Gay people exist. There's nothing we can do in public policy that makes more of us exist, or less of us exist. And you guys… — Rachel Maddow
The morality of clean blood ought to be one of the first lessons taught us by our pastors and teachers. The physical is the substratum… — William Tyndale
Christ made the bread the sacrament of his body only: wherefore as the bread is no similitude of his blood, so am I not bound… — William Tyndale
But people ought to be proud to be Democrats right now. You know, we're a happy warrior party. And this Congress has every reason to… — Tim Kaine
Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot… — Georgette Heyer
People have a right to get stoned. They have a right to think and explore their own minds. This is as intimate a part of… — Terence McKenna

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