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Ought Quotes by Robert Benchley
- There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It…
- 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…
- The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn’t make any sense if quoted as…
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- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- Smarmy little prig,†Will snarled, leaning father forward, as if he longed to reach through the magical portal and strangle Gabriel. “When… — Cassandra Clare
- If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of… — Mark Twain
- An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. — John Ashcroft
- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage