Used Quotes · Page 136

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star.

— Anonymous

Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.

— Libba Bray

We never had any money. All the money we used to get, my father would give to the Communist Party.

— Shabana Azmi

I used to be a free-loving, free-caring person with no worries. We lived with no fear, you know?

— Vinnie Paul

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

— Estelle Parsons

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

— Sonny Bono

No idea, no matter how good, will work if it doesn't get used.

— Peter A. Cohen

My older brother used to punch me all the time because I was a nerd.

— Rick Harrison

I'm not at my house storyboarding, and telling them they need to move from A to B, 'Move here and then there.'…

— Niki Caro

I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters…

— Peter Jackson

I used to go to Maple Leafs games all the time when Nic shot To Die For here in Toronto. This is…

— Tom Cruise

I worked during summers on the foreign exchange desk as a dollar/yen broker for Noonan, Astley & Pierce. I used to write…

— Howard Lutnick

I used to think you had to live this miserable life and that that would make you funnier, but you don't. The…

— Bill Burr

Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I used to be afraid of two things - being alone and not being able to write. Since Albert's death, I don't…

— Hans-Uwe Bauer

Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.

— Eric Partridge

I'm someone who is quite uncomfortable if something is different. I like doing things I'm used to in everyday life. So, I…

— Yasmin Paige

An army should always be so distributed that its parts can aid each other and combine to produce the maximum possible concentration…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

There is a time when it is necessary to abandon the used clothes, which already have the shape of our body and…

— Fernando Pessoa

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. I expected —…

— Marilynne Robinson

Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a…

— Les Dawson

I love college football and I love pro football. This is how fair-weathered I am. I used to be a Giants fan,…

— Chris Bauer

The atom bomb was no “great decision.” It was used in the war, and for your information, there were more people killed…

— Harry S. Truman

I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with…

— Daniel Johnston

I used to go to games events and feel like I was going home.

— Zoe Quinn

I used to play video games all the time, but now I don't because I don't have an attention span.

— King Tuff

I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.

— Sebastian Faulks

It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers - the people in your physical vicinity.

— Will Wright

I used to be unusually short, and I think I'd prefer that to being unusually tall.

— Brendon Urie

I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in…

— Anurag Kashyap

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

— Tom Ford

The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.

— Chuck D

So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.

— Toni Morrison

I'm a big fan of D Double E who always used MCing styles that other people weren't.

— Kano

I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.

— Michael Gambon

Any tool can be used for good or bad. It's really the ethics of the artist using it.

— John Knoll

Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.

— Marshall McLuhan

I used to think weight loss happens quickly, but it has taken a lot of time. There is no secret to it.

— Parineeti Chopra

What happened to you? You used to be someone I could count on. I miss you.

— Anonymous

I used to do musicals in college, where I would sing, act and dance.

— Neeti Mohan