Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the… — Samuel Johnson
I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on… — Christopher Darden
One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man. — George Fordyce
Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens.... My grandfather would say we're part of something incredibly wonderful - more marvelous than we imagine. My grandfather… — Robert Fulghum
If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a… — Bobby Knight
God knows what is best for you, and He wants to reveal it to you and show you what you ought to do. — Billy Graham
Where God takes such pains to teach, we ought to be at pains to learn. — Charles Spurgeon
We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and… — Mary Astell
[W]hile people are making a big fuss over Gruber's calling Americans stupid, they ought to be far more outraged that he admitted the administration purposefully… — David Limbaugh
We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that things are done… — Robert Benchley
Somebody was saying to Picasso that he ought to make pictures of things the way they are-objective pictures. He mumbled that he wasn't quite sure… — Gregory Bateson
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be… — Plato
I'm pretty good at inventing phrases - you know, the sort of words that suddenly make you jump, almost as though you'd sat on a… — Aldous Huxley
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible. I dislike the… — E. M. Forster
The faith of the Latter-day Saints and the teaching that I have had since I was a child at my mother's knee, as well as… — Heber J. Grant
The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a charter of equal… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think they ought to.… — H. L. Mencken
The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to… — Lafcadio Hearn
Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how. — G. H. Hardy
The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose. — William E. Simon
I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and… — James Madison
It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans… — Pope John Paul II
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order,… — Gouverneur Morris
It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should be sent to… — George Washington

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