Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it. — Jimmy Connors
When the worms are scarce, what does a hen do? Does she stop scratching? She does not. She scratches all the harder. A lot of… — B. C. Forbes
By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route… — Arthur Miller
I come from a people who gave the Ten Commandments to the world. Time has come to strenghten them by three additional ones, which we… — Yehuda Bauer
. . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture "remembers" past events? Does the historian have a moral or… — Unknown Author
An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in… — Alfred North Whitehead
Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or folly… — Carolyn Heilbrun
You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of… — Michael Jordan
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which… — Michelangelo
In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on… — Henry Thomas Buckle
A nation that cannot preserve itself ought to die, and it will die - die in the grasp of the evils it is too feeble… — Morris Sheppard
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout… — Benedict of Nursia
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in… — Seneca the Younger
There's a widespread notion that children are open, that the truth about their inner selves just seeps out of them. That's all wrong. No one… — Peter HÃ¸eg
Sex ought to be a wholly satisfying link between two affectionate people from which they emerge unanxious, rewarded, and ready for more. — Alex Comfort
Heaven knows insanity was disreputable enough, long ago; but now that the lawyers have got to cutting every gallows rope and picking every prison lock… — Mark Twain
God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him. — John Calvin
The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food… — Eddie Rickenbacker
In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work force itself, the… — Noam Chomsky
So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in their lives. And they continue… — Arun Manilal Gandhi
Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is. — Rick Warren
The degree of complications and unhappiness in a person's life corresponds to the degree to which he dwells on the way he thinks the world… — Robert Ringer
Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue;… — Edmund Burke
It is wrong to say: I think. One ought to say: I am thought. I is someone else. — Arthur Rimbaud
I certainly believe that we have a moral obligation to care for the dogs, cats, and other nonhumans whose existence we have caused or facilitated… — Gary L. Francione

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