Used Quotes · Page 113

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

— Denzel Washington

At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.

— e. e. cummings

My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.

— Richard Leakey

A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!

— Bill Bruford

My son is not a tactic to be used in political arenas for relevancy and points.

— Lucy McBath

I've used soap dishes as ashtrays in the best hotels in the world.

— Ted Waitt

What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it?

— Terry Pratchett

I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had…

— Jeremy Renner

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics…

— Elliott Abrams

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard…

— Paul Pierce

Many years ago I was part of a public health movement that raised concerns about the mercury in vaccines and about the…

— Jill Stein

It used to be OK to have two or three songs out a year - and those are your singles. Now, they…

— Jay Sean

I'm used to practicing. I'm used to the schedule. That's kind of what I was born to do. That's what I've been…

— Chris Bosh

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Man, some open doors were not welcoming, and that was so the case here—less hi-how’re-ya, more come-in-so-your-skin-can-be-used-to-make-a-super-hero-cape-for-one-of-Hannibal-Lecter’s-patients.

— J.R. Ward

I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family…

— Diego Luna

There was nothing the matter with me that was not also the matter with everyone else. I was not as interesting as…

— J. D. Daniels

Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with…

— James A. Owen

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Politics Is the Entertainment Branch of Industry. C-SPAN's coverage of governmental proceedings is…

— Frank Zappa

Whoever has used what means he is capable of, for the informing of himself, with a readiness to believe and obey what…

— John Locke

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom…

— Emmitt Smith

When I was a little kid I used to go on the playground and say: today I will shoot like Bird, pass…

— Allen Iverson

When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of…

— Frederick Sanger

We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient…

— Jack Horner

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

— Barry Mann

I used to be so self-conscious of having a unibrow. I would make my mum tweeze out the middle.

— Jacob Elordi

Part of a campaign reporter's job is allowing yourself to be used.

— Amy Chozick

College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

— Ruby Wax

I'm used to one-dimensional female friendships. It's become a kind of trope.

— Rachel Brosnahan

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.

— Yogi Berra

I used to watch 'Charmed' and 'The Secret World of Alex Mack' - she was the best.

— Elliot Knight

“Some people use power, whilst they are some who let power use them.”

— Moffat Machingura

The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.

— Gary Lineker

I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.

— Damian Marley

My father was from Lahore. He and his sisters used to talk in Punjabi often.

— Arshad Warsi

I used to bring my books to the shoot and used to study in between the shots.

— Hina Khan

I still wear my write-in wristband. It used to be plastic, but my husband turned it into gold.

— Lisa Murkowski

I used to be really influenced by Brian Bendis, back in his indie days. But I guess I try to tone that…

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

I think back on when we used to be so happy. Me and you together. Me and you together.

— Bei Maejor

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery…

— George Foreman