Should Quotes

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

I think when you're young and have that first burst of energy and make five or six pictures in a row that tell the stories of all the things in life you want to say... well, maybe those are the films that should have won me the Oscar.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You'll be a better person.

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.