#ought

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#decline #dissolution #drunkard #fitness #gutter

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#folly #guarantee #laws #ought #possessors

When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world. ↗

— Jeremy Sumpter

#coolest #filming #i #kid #know

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#end #extreme #firm #human #human nature

I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#forced #go #i #myself #never

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#best #coming #i #practiced #thought

I thought, well, you might see curves there, but that's just a bone - so even if I lose weight that's not going to change anything. That's how I look. That's my shape. Do the math. ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#bone #change #curves #even #going

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#goes #kindness #long #lots #ought

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#cruel #eating #horrific #i #i think

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#best #does #generally #him #indignation