Problem Quote by William Pickens

I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing.

— Max Muller

Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.

— Frank Delaney

I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality.

— Charles Darwin

The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.

— Rory Stewart

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole…

— Annie Besant

Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Would it be simplistic to think the moral problem with regards to others consists in behaving as one ought to, and the moral problem…

— Clarice Lispector

Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.

— Michael Josephson

There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.

— Terry Pratchett

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

— Michael Badnarik

Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.

— Candace Bushnell