They Ought Quotes

205 They Ought quotes by 169 unique authors

People forgot; it was in the nature of people to forget, to blur boundaries, to retell stories to come out the way they wanted them… — Robin McKinley
I think they ought to know. You do them a disservice by not confiding something this important to them.” “I didn’t want —” “— to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they… — Ayn Rand
Wishes of one's old life wither and shrivel like old leaves if they are not replaced with new wishes when the world changes. And the… — Catherynne M. Valente
Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect — don't have anything to do with them. Do… — Ambrose Bierce
The trouble with human beings is not really that they love themselves too much; they ought to love themselves more. The trouble is simply that… — Mary Midgley
I know you loved both he and I, the way a mother can love two sons. And no one should be judged for loving more… — Catherynne M. Valente
But when two people feel something, they ought to respect that enough to figure it out — Nora Roberts
I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God. — Maggie Stiefvater
bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they ought to by chance. the universe has no mind, no feelings, and no… — Richard Dawkins
Ren frowned as he surveyed the madness they were knee-deep in. “Why are you under such heavy fire?” Nick gave him a droll stare. “Oh,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox. — Leo Tolstoy
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. — Thomas Carlyle
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what… — Haim Ginott
But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for all, and that… — Aristotle
The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell… — William Whewell
Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to… — George Foreman
As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses is taxing them.… — Grover Norquist
Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting the… — Howard Hawks
They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing. — Tom Smothers
Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have. — Susanne Bier
He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and… — Richard Hooker
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. — Francis Bacon
Running those poor steers back and forth in the heat is ridiculous. What they ought to do is put the steers in the convention hall… — Stanley Marcus

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