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Should Quotes by Margaret Atwood
- In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
- We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.
- Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage…
- You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote…
- If you want what's in the package you should at least know how to get the string off, is what I say.
- A truth should exist, it should not be used like this. If I love you is that a fact or a weapon?
- Of course (said Oryx), having a money value was no substitute for love. Every child should have love, every person should have it. . .…
- Creating some god for one's inspirations was always a good way to avoid accusations of pride should the scheme succeed, as well as the blame…
- When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut…
- Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his…
- We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.
- In his student days, he used to argue that if a woman has no other course open to her but starvation, prostitution, or throwing herself…
- I don't know why they are all so eager to be remembered. What good will it do them? There are some things that should be…
- I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. If you'd wanted the narrative line…
- No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well.…
More Should Quotes
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe