They Ought Quotes

205 They Ought quotes by 169 unique authors

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together - wham - like a couple of… — Thelma Ritter
Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to… — John Calvin
The idiot who invented instant grits also thought of frozen fried chicken, and they ought to lock him up before he tries to freeze-dry collards. — Lewis Grizzard
These, then, are the two points I wanted to make. First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought… — C.S. Lewis
All the simplicity in the world can do no good, unless you preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ so fully and clearly that everybody… — J C Ryle
Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men,… — Gautama Buddha
I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness… — Margaret Thatcher
You can't make flivers without steel - and you can't make tragedies without social instability. The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what… — Aldous Huxley
And this homage to women's attractions has distorted their understanding tosuch an extent that almost all the civilized women of the present century are anxious… — Mary Wollstonecraft
We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. — Pete du Pont
Landholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to be so constituted… — James Madison
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of… — Oscar Wilde
While the (America's) Cup is yachting's Holy Grail, it has also come to represent the ultimate test in 'the game of life.' Just as in… — Dennis Conner
Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify.… — Mary Wollstonecraft
There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it. — James Weldon Johnson
The task of the intellectual is not one of blending into the opaque consciousness of the tumultuous mob around him, his voice drowned in a… — Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to… — Robert Reich
What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and the power itself in man. What is bad? All that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty, and spinning-looms not because they love these things, as a child… — Rose Macaulay
The washing of dishes does seem to me the most absurd and unsatisfactory business that I ever undertook. If, when once washed, they would remain… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things. — Aristotle
Gov. Romney said he would veto the Dream Act. Gov. Romney essentially said the 11 million people ought to just go home, they ought to… — David Plouffe
When you are offended or annoyed by others, do not allow your thoughts to dwell on them or on anything relating to them. For example,… — Lorenzo Scupoli
If people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be… — Rush Limbaugh
It is undoubtedly the business of ministers very much to consult the inclinations of the people, but they ought to take great care that they… — Edmund Burke

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