Should Quotes

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

I've always felt that technology can be used to our benefit and should be used to our benefit.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to heal, so that you can skin them again.

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella. It would be totally messed up!

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.

I've got volumes on how not to behave. I've got more information now than a guy should have at my age.

I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.