Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

We need to get the government out of the way. Inflation hits the middle class and the poor the most. Those are the people who… — Ron Paul
The whole conception of a God is a conception derived from the ancient oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men. We… — Bertrand Russell
I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who are not mindless… — Norman Tebbit
We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things....We ought rather to take on immortality… — Aristotle
No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state. — Benjamin Franklin
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course,… — J. Irwin Miller
One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen… — Rudyard Kipling
I tell my students there is such a thing as 'writer's block,' and they should respect it. You shouldn't write through it. It's blocked because… — Toni Morrison
The future depicted in a good SF story ought to be in fact possible, or at least plausible. That means that the writer should be… — Frederik Pohl
A man ought to do what he thinks is right — John Wayne
A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way. — Sydney J. Harris
It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the… — Frederick The Great
When we say we begin with God, we begin with our idea of God, and our idea of God is not God. Instead, we ought… — E. Stanley Jones
I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough… — Tommy Douglas
If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer… — Alfred Brendel
Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent. — Alfred Brendel
That the Father and Son would love sinners that much is beyond our comprehension--but it ought to awaken a response of love and gratitude within… — Dave Hunt
The first and fiercest punishment ought to fall first on the traitor, second on the enemy. If I had but one bullet and I were… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it. — Richard Hugo
If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you… — Mas Oyama
One of the greatest snares is the number of good things we might do. Jesus Christ never did the good things He might have done,… — Oswald Chambers
Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will. — Peter Wessel Zapffe
A gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. — Mark Twain
Ari Shavit's My Promised Land is without question one of the most important books about Israel and Zionism that I have ever read...This is the… — Daniel Gordis
Republicans ought to propose conservative answers to the concerns that are uppermost on most voters’ minds. The libertarian-populist method seems to be to start with… — Unknown Author

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