Should Quotes - Page 187

As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.

I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and how much I had to learn, like the history of the people.

The church should be the safest place on the planet to talk about anything, including same-sex attraction.

Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.

All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.

The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.

While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.

To write at the same temperature at which I live I should write nothing but poetry.

I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique.

Make sure it is not too diverse or spread out so people don't know where to go or what to do. So keep a sharp focus. It can be ambitious but should have a small agenda.

You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex.

One should not run on a new road.

Life as it should be: all friends, all art, all music, all love, all the time.

The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.

Singleness is a gift; marriage is a gift. We should not misuse the gifts we've been given.

Good people are seldom fully recognised during their lifetimes, and here, there are serious problems of corruption. One day it will be realised that my findings should have been acknowledged. It was difficult, but she always smiled when asked why she went on when recognition eluded her in her own country.

the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than does anything else about us. ... It is only the entirely unshod that have lively feet.

Rock should never be in bed with politics.

But we make such mistakes all the time, all through our lives. Wisdom, I suppose, is seeing this and acting upon it before it is too late. But it is often too late, isn't it? - and those things that we should have said are unsaid, and remain unsaid for ever.

Surely people should eventually cease to be surprised at anything? And yet they continue to be.

Things you can get access to, you should never memorize.

Science can only state what is, not what should be.

If God did not exist, we should have to invent him. If God did exist, we should have to abolish Him.

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

We should not be frightened by appearances.