582 Ought Quotes for You to Enjoy

The state ought not to intervene to prevent individuals from doing things that not only are no risk to others but are of no risk to themselves either. Jacob Rees-Mogg

Intervene Others State Ought Risk Only Prevent Individuals Doing Either Themselves Things

A decision by the government to arm the rebels in Syria ought to be taken as carefully as one to commit British troops. It is akin to war, albeit by proxy, and must be treated with equal seriousness and meet the tests for a just war. Jacob Rees-Mogg

One of the great problems of philosophy is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is; values are what ought to be. Jacques Monod

Great Relationship Knowledge Problems Values Ought Philosophy Between Realm

I would say that all traditional philosophies up to and including Marxism have tried to derive the 'ought' from the 'is.' My point of view is that this is impossible; this is a farce. Jacques Monod

Impossible Ought Philosophies Say Would Tried Point Point Of View Marxism Traditional Up Farce View Derive Including

I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes. Jamaica Kincaid

Cooking Think Else Ought Someone Like Dishes

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. James A. Michener

You Courage Ought Takes Know Afraid

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen. James Baker

To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's what The Firebombing is about. James Dickey

You Sometimes Guilt Earn Ought About Feel Got

Human settlements are like living organisms. They must grow, and they will change. But we can decide on the nature of that growth - on the quality and the character of it - and where it ought to go. We don't have to scatter the building blocks of our civic life all over the countryside, destroying our towns and ruining farmland. James Howard Kunstler

Life Nature Character Change Quality Will Building Living Ought Settlements Our Ruining Destroying Must Civic Scatter Over Like Countryside Towns Building Blocks Go Blocks Human Where Decide Organisms Farmland Grow Growth Living Organisms

For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind. James Payn

Happiness Future Me Man Rights Mind Will Preparation Ought Meeting Scheme Part Feel Which Again Interfered

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care. James Q. Wilson

Health Care Believe Ought Everyone Some Health Care Subsidize Poor Medicare

Whatever ought to be, can be. James Rouse

Inspirational Whatever Ought

I do believe that people hire immigrants, legal and illegal immigrants, to do certain jobs that maybe possibly could go to American citizens, and that's unfortunate. If they're here legally, I think it's OK. If they're here illegally, then they ought not be taking jobs from American citizens. Jan Brewer

Legal People Believe Think Ought OK Immigrants Jobs Possibly Citizens Could Taking Go Hire American Legally American Citizens Maybe Unfortunate Then Certain Illegal Illegal Immigrants Here

The life of a bestselling novelist sounds like it ought to be spectacularly glamorous and fun, but in fact I spend most of my time incognito, and in fact were you to pass me in the street you would think I was just another dowdy suburban mom. Jane Green

Life Time Mom Me You Think Ought Spend Would My Time Fact Glamorous Like Most Another Pass Sounds Were Just In Fact Suburban Fun Novelist Incognito Street

When I was playing with the children, I felt I ought to be working, and when I was working, I felt I ought to be playing with the children. Jane Hawking

Ought Felt Children Working Playing

People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it. Jane Porter

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few. Janet Erskine Stuart

Few Ought Excellent Who Many

President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet. Jay Inslee

Focus President Ought Our Resources Intriguing Mars Proposal Red Most American Sending Interest Bush Planet Reason Compelling Humans

The child of three or four is saturated with adult rules. His universe is dominated by the idea that things are as they ought to be, that everyone's actions conform to laws that are both physical and moral - in a word, that there is a Universal Order. Jean Piaget

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. Jean Rostand

Day Three Party Ought Oneself Remain True Renounce Times Order

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