Used Quotes · Page 153

Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I used to do my own makeup for all my shows because I'm so picky with my face.

— Latto

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.

— Neil Young

My mom used to play a lot of super character-y parts... so I was sort of raised to be a clown.

— Betty Gilpin

You used to be much more..."muchier." You've lost your muchness.

— Lewis Carroll

Those yesterdreams were just a cruel and foolish game we used to play, yester-me, yester-you, yesterday.

— Stevie Wonder

When you're more comfortable than you used to be, something like screaming comes a lot easier.

— Ellie Rowsell

People should have to opt in for any kind of data sharing, and they should know what the data is being used…

— Rana el Kaliouby

As large publishers turn into monopolies, and the MBAs who are running them - maybe editors used to run them before -…

— William T. Vollmann

I was in 'Iron Sky,' the first one, and I liked it very much. I liked the technology being used. The technology…

— Udo Kier

The abuse of power that seems to create the most unhappiness is when a person uses personal power to get ahead without…

— Frederick Lenz

Initially, when we were running just one hotel in Gurgaon, I used to handle housekeeping, sales, CEO duties, etc. I would literally…

— Ritesh Agarwal

I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really…

— Christopher Guest

I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready…

— Chuck Noll

When I was younger I just used to get the ball and take on all the players because I was bigger and…

— Ross Barkley

The great successful men of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture in all its…

— Robert Collier

I havent even been drinking, but, at all, but, you know, being a man, Ive got to say that weve got this…

— Ed Harris

Obama's attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in…

— Michael Barone

Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird…

— Marlene Dietrich

My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second,…

— Fred Wilson

A man is likewise form and expression, a written sign thrown unto boundless matter, an undifferentiated word of what is. I've therefore…

— Mohammed Dib

The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism…

— John le Carre

Faith is a light of such supreme brilliance that it dazzles the mind and darkens all its visions of other realities, but…

— Thomas Merton

When I was little, I used to adore gold. It was something special.

— Mr. T

We used to shoot the 'Mannix' episodes at about $250,000 for an hour action show.

— Mike Connors

I just don't want to get used to feeling this feeling, you know, losing basketball games.

— Carmelo Anthony

I'm not as good a swimmer as I used to be - thanks to evolution.

— Emo Philips

I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in…

— Wilson Pickett

I used to sleep with a little Ganesha under my pillow as a child; he was my favourite deity.

— Mahesh Bhatt

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.

— Connor McDavid

Republicans have used the filibuster to turn the Senate into a de facto 60-vote body.

— Steve Kornacki

I used to wear odd socks and throw anything together I could find. I just looked a scruff.

— Aaron Ramsdale

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

— Rachel Field

Forgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians.

— Desmond Tutu

The horror genre has long been used to uncover the dark underbelly of things.

— Misha Green

I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world.

— Pamela Druckerman

A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better.

— Cleveland Amory

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.

— Whitney Houston

I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve.

— Les Dawson