#ought

The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence. ↗

— Gerard De Nerval

#becomes #continues #death #determine #exact

It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#because #frame #important #much #precise

They want the Olympics. We ought to make sure they don't get the Olympics. ↗

— George Nethercutt

#make #olympics #ought #sure #want

I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her schoolteachers. ↗

— Michael Newdow

#atheist #because #being #bring #brought

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#expected #great #i #last #longevity

Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#come #how #i #i do #inseparably

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#even #explanations #mystical #shallow #thought

I have many times thought I did the wrong thing, but the reason was not to be a medical doctor - it was just to have the information. But then, maybe I was wrong, I don't know. ↗

— Lennart Nilsson

#doctor #i #information #just #know

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought. ↗

— Kwame Nkrumah

#act #action #brought #men #revolutions

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. ↗

— Alex Noble

#am #been #day #essence #good