Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

If your economy grows [by] 4 percent, you ought to reduce child mortality 4 percent. — Hans Rosling
The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and… — William Hazlitt
We are so impressed by scientific clank that we feel we ought not to say that the sunflower turns because it knows where the sun… — Robert Farrar Capon
To be shockingly original with your first novel, you don’t have to discover a new technique: Simply write about people as they are and not… — John Braine
Risk management is the most important thing to be well understood. Undertrade, undertrade, undertrade is my second piece of advice. Whatever you think your position… — Bruce Kovner
Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking… — Paul Rusesabagina
We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law. It's time… — Cass Sunstein
Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing. — Evgeny Morozov
A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many… — Saadi
In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day. — Joachim du Bellay
International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples — Henri La Fontaine
The art of injudicious reading, the art of miscellaneous reading which every normal man ought to cultivate, is a very fine and satisfactory art; for… — Unknown Author
Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy,… — Poppy Z. Brite
Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death. — Ernestine Rose
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators — Saul Perlmutter
If the Lord sets you to guard a lonely post in perfect stillness from all active work, you ought to be just as content as… — Hannah Whitall Smith
Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment. — Frank Delaney
A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human. — Charles Wagner
For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind… — Ferdinand Mount
Opinions are like phasers - everybody ought to have one. — Mark Rippetoe
Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at… — Ron Paul
I think that intelligent forecasting (company revenues, earnings, etc.) should not seek to predict what will in fact happen in the future. Its purpose ought… — Peter Cundill
To quote a recent customer email, “I really appreciate your thoughtful and professional response. I don’t get that a lot from customer service. Usually, it’s… — Matt Mickiewicz
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that… — James Madison
Those who work ought to live better than those that don't. — John G. Schmitz

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