Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that... →
Niccolo Machiavelli
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of... →
Joseph de Maistre
Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
Peter Marshall
What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than... →
Harriet Martineau
People ought to quit talking to the press.
Terry McAuliffe
I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
Ogden Nash
If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on.
Ben Nelson
They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics.
George Nethercutt
How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are... →
Jack Nicklaus
When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.
Richard M. Nixon