"It's a sensible rule that says before you get a mortgage it should be checked whether you can afford it."
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"Y’all dropped the ball and you should be shamed."
"People think I should be a success, but I'm afraid of it."
"It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is."
"No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him."
"One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart."
"If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature."
"I would rather produce my passions than brood over them at my expense; they grow languid when they have vent and expression. It is better that their point should operate outwardly than be turned against us."
"One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged."
"Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable."
"I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it."
"I’ve always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people."
"Frank Sinatra told Floyd Paterson how he should whoop me. Frank Sinatra."
"No one should be posing for duck-lipped selfies with the plaque of the dead. That wouldn't be right."
"Protecting the human race should really come with a per diem, I swear."
"I really don’t think you should put your hand inside the manticore, dear. You don’t know where it’s been.” –Enid Healy"
"See, Quentin, that’s why you should wear a cup before trying to assassinate someone."
"Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy."
"Strange that theory and practice so seldom should accord."
"Everyone should say what they wanted. It saved time."