Ought Quotes

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We ought not to extract pernicious honey from poison blossoms of misrepresentation and mendacious half-truth, to pamper the course appetite of bigotry and self-love. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love. — Unknown Author
We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a… — Charles Caleb Colton
He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too, because he is not a… — Tertullian
[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we are learning so… — Martin Luther
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. — Mark Twain
I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance'! White people seem to think the black ought to be shouting 'hallelujah'! Four hundred… — Malcolm X
The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares for the farmers'… — Malcolm X
Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned — Mark Twain
I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions,… — George Washington
As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it. — Benjamin Disraeli
The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by contrary evidence, or which detect… — David Hume
I think it is a worthy goal in America to have every child protected by law and welcomed in life. I also think we ought… — George W. Bush
The word heretic ought to be a term of honour... — Charles Bradlaugh
The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine. — Mignon McLaughlin
Through my grandmother's eyes, I can see more clearly the way things used to be, the way things ought to be, and most important of… — Ed Cunningham
If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a crime,… — Tommy Douglas
We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny . . . I can never be what I ought to be until you… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we… — Pema Chodron
The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth,… — Lewis Carroll
Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable. — H.G. Wells
A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections — Joseph Addison
A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do… — Barbra Streisand
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him "all the kingdoms… — John Owen
About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some one saying that… — Charles Darwin

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