“The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.” ShouldYearsI CanStatesAbleAmericaInterestWalksUnitedUnited StatesPercentObligationBest ThingsReservesUnited States Of AmericaFederal Reserve Author:Andrew Tobias
“To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.” IfsShouldIdeasFactsSufferingWishForeverOur LivesSourceEternalUnhappyObligationUnbearableEternal LifeLive Forever Author:Claude Vorilhon
“America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.” ShouldFactsAmericaPoliticalNationsPayFootballHonorVoteRaisesBillsSurpriseDebtObligationCharlieCeilingsPredictableRantDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt ceiling. People think it's authorizing new spending. The debt ceiling doesn't authorize new spending; it allows us to pay obligations already incurred.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldAsksPayPercentHundredBillsDebtSpendingSignificantObligationMisunderstandingCeilingsGlass CeilingDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is in play. Society has no obligation to try to rehabilitate evil.” ShouldTryingMatterPlayEvilObligationTreatedDestroyed Author:Bill O'Reilly
“Concern for one?s own welfare and prosperity should not blind one to one?s social obligations or spiritual destiny?.A society in which the individuals are concerned only about material welfare will not be able to achieve harmony and peace.” ShouldAbleSpiritualIndividualSocialDestinyAchieveMaterialsConcernConcernedHarmonyBlindProsperityObligationWelfareSocial Obligation Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“But there are a couple of places where it is clear to me that there should be no ambiguity of corporate responsibility - the environment and civil rights, .. As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.” ShouldDesireResponsibilityClearEnvironmentRightsCoupleObligationCivil RightsCorporateCorporationsFairnessAmbiguityUnanimityCorporate Responsibility Author:Leo Hindery
“In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside a few rivers in their natural state should be considered an obligation.” ShouldHas BeensCountryStatesNaturalRiversEnvironmentalObligationIndigenousSpendthrift Author:Frank Church
“In life I learned that you should not brag, until you've done it And even worse than that.. Could you do it again?? That's why I'm always humble, humbleness is a brave man's obligation, since he knows what it takes to accomplish a great deed” KnowsMenShouldDoneBraveDeedsHumbleAccomplishObligationBrave ManBragHumbleness Author:Renzo Gracie