Used Quotes · Page 134

It's weird how quickly you get used to spray tans. You might smell of biscuits, but you feel fabulous.

— Hugh Skinner

I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50, now it's 3% good, 97% stupid.

— Ridley Scott

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

— Gracie Allen

Initially, I used to say yes to any film without giving it a second thought, which I shouldn't have done.

— Aditya Pancholi

I used to have worries about my film releases and I used to pay money just to get them released.

— Jagapathi Babu

Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them.

— Ethan Coen

I used to be the shy kid who would barely raise her hand or speak her mind.

— Marsai Martin

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for…

— Buck Owens

My father and I used to watch movies all the time. That was our bonding time, so thats when I kind of…

— Jessica Barth

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual.

— Sol Stein

We used to wear a track suit and T-shirt while training. But that did not go down well with the villagers, because…

— Geeta Phogat

Religion is a powerful weapon that can be used because it persuades people to do things. And thus it can be used…

— Richard Dawkins

America used to live by the motto "Father Knows Best." Now we're lucky if "Father Knows He Has Children." We've become a…

— Stephen Colbert

I have this desire to create things and build things, and Google has enabled me to build and create things and to…

— Susan Wojcicki

We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and…

— Erwin McManus

If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to…

— Kobe Bryant

The cast clubs were a big part of it, too. I found I wasn't getting that instant feedback I was used to…

— Payne Stewart

I was quite straight-laced. I was quite academic until I was about 14 and then I went to boarding school where I…

— Carey Mulligan

People don't know where to place me. Terry Gilliam used me as a quirky cop in 'Twelve Monkeys', and then he hired…

— Christopher Meloni

I was glad that I could be used as a focal point to possibly bandy around some ideas, and maybe people would…

— Joe Wurzelbacher

My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was…

— Jenson Button

What we've done with our modern food supply is absolute insanity. It's not even real any more. You used to be able…

— Louis C. K

Soaps have a schedule where you have to be done in 15 minutes. With an hour show, there's no way to get…

— Lucy Deakins

Prince is my favorite ever. I've liked Prince since... It's been a really long time. Even in junior high. I used to…

— Fred Armisen

There’s a hollow where he used to be, and it echoes with self-imposed loss.

— Ann Aguirre

I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

— David Guterson

See technology used to be our friends. But now, nobody is quite so sure.

— Howard Rheingold

My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.

— Hannah Simone

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

— Jeb Bush

Ethics is a detergent word, used time and time again to clean consciences without scrubbing.

— Corinne Maier

I used to be a pretty decent athlete when I was young. I would like to really focus on getting back into…

— Louis DeJoy

Maybe I'm used to religious music being gentler in the classical world.

— Jonny Greenwood

Cormier is used to fighting big guys at heavyweight and beat Miocic decisively.

— Mauricio Rua

I used to have a four wheel drive truck, but I like small sports cars.

— Sable

I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft - then I got divorced.

— Natalie Jeremijenko

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

— Dawn French

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.

— Stephen Jay Gould

I don't have any fear of failure whatsoever. I used to, and I told myself I wouldn't allow myself to anymore.

— Jaylen Brown

I used to love history and then I was bad at it. I got a B at GCSE. I was so gutted.

— Tom Rosenthal

I always had long legs. When I was young, I used to think, 'Why do I look like a little pony?'

— Tina Turner