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Ought Quotes (page 38)

Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor. Christopher Hitchens
Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers Leigh Hunt
William James quote: "Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for a..."
Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for a better kind of man, a loss of appetite for mediocrities. William James
One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared. Dante Alighieri
I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine. (12 May 1780) John Adams
Franz Kafka quote: "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and..."
I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. Franz Kafka
It seems to me that the further East you go the more unpunctual are the trains. What ought they to be in China? - Jonathan Harker Bram Stoker
I am aware of many things being quite as important as good writing and good reading; but in all things it is wiser to go directly to the quiddity, to the text, to the source, to the essence—and only then evolve whatever theories may tempt the philosopher, or the historian, or merely please the spirit of the day. Readers are born free and ought to remain free. Vladimir Nabokov
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell truths. I tell what ought to be truth. Tennessee Williams
There is no comparison between us. What Kao keeps in view is the spiritual mechanism. In making sure of the essential, he forgets the homely details; intent on the inward qualities, he loses sight of the external. He sees what he wants to see, and not what he does not want to see. He looks at the things he ought to look at, and neglects those that need not be looked at. So clever a judge of horses is Kao, that he has it in him to judge something better than horses. J. D. Salinger
The movie creaked along, obvious and mediocre plot. Mediocre script, mediocre music. They ought to have sealed the thing in a time capsule and marked "Late 20th Century Mediocrity" and buried it somewhere. Haruki Murakami
I was reading an old text on the exploits of Belgarath the Sorcerer, and I –“ Senji stopped, going very pale, turned, and gaped at Garion’s grandfather. “It’s a terrible letdown, isn’t it?” Beldin said. “We always told him he ought to try to look more impressive.” “You’re in no position to talk,” the old man said. “You’re the one with the earthshaking reputation.” Beldin shrugged. “I’m just a flunky. I’m along for comic relief.” “You’re really enjoying this, aren’t you, Beldin?” “I haven’t... David Eddings
A man who goes around with a prophecy-gun ought never to get discouraged: if he will keep up his heart and fire at everything he sees, he is bound to hit something by and by. Mark Twain
J. M. Barrie quote: "Years rolled on again, and Wendy had a daughter. This ought..."
Years rolled on again, and Wendy had a daughter. This ought not to be written in ink but in a golden splash. J. M. Barrie
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or..."
Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens. William Makepeace Thackeray

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