Used Quotes · Page 164

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

— Calvin Coolidge

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

— Jerry Rice

I used to get suspended on purpose by being defiant and talking back to the teachers.

— GloRilla

I've always used humor, but I use humor when coping with things in general.

— Laura Michelle Kelly

Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing.

— Orrin Woodward

He spoke in telegram-as if every word he used cost five bucks, and he only had a twenty in his wallet.

— Suzanne Brockmann

Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

— Joseph Hall

You've used me for way too long, I let it get out of hand.

— Kara DiTirro

Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and…

— Shirley Chisholm

It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I…

— Frederic Chopin

Apple no longer builds any products. When I was there, people used to call Apple "a vertically integrated advertising agency," which was…

— John Sculley

I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights

— Marilyn Monroe

Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive thing. Cruelty isn’t a personality trait. Cruelty is a…

— Rick Yancey

The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian pizza that's…

— Ed Stoppard

An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these…

— Anonymous

Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of…

— Richard Wagner

Groucho Marx, in his later days, gave me the best review I've ever had and probably will ever have. I changed a…

— Elliott Gould

I used to be someone who would not even tread on an ant. But this is a war for honor and self-defense.…

— Abdullah Ocalan

The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express…

— Chris Abani

Rant Casey used to say, "No matter what happens, it's always now..." Talk about cryptic. I think what Rant meant was, we…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I used to love to come to the ballpark. Now I hate it. Every day becomes a little tougher because of all…

— Hank Aaron

The desert takes our dreams away from us, and they don't always return. We know that, and we are used to it.…

— Paulo Coelho

It is within the police power of the state to prohibit public use of fighting words that create a danger of breach…

— Ithiel de Sola Pool

I don't beat at the details, but I do always keep in mind that anything that isn't A) moving the story forward…

— Jim Shepard

People who become used to saying little become used to feeling little.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother's dress.

— Debbie Ford

Reality is our best friend - everything indicates that nuclear power should be used more.

— Lars Leijonborg

Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.

— James Howell

I worked in reggae, hip-hip, jazz, funk - all the music I used to relate to.

— Mark Morrison

I was always the smallest guy on the pitch, that's never affected me, I'm used to it.

— Diogo Jota

I used to sign autographs until sunrise at Madison Square Garden.

— Bob Backlund

I'm so used to it, I think I'd feel very naked on stage without a piano.

— Tom Odell

In fact I became so punctual I used to be in an hour before I should be.

— June Brown

I wasn't the man I used to be, and even she wasn't up to much.

— Paritoshik Sharma

Superstars have so much adulation and love which people get used to, living it up in fast lane.

— Angad Bedi

American taxpayers expect and deserve to know where their hard-earned money is going and how it is being used.

— Mike Johnson

I've come from the bottom, I've got used to working with what I have.

— Quique Setien

I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.

— Jamaica Kincaid

When they used to come to Tottenham we'd play Who's Gonna Drive You Home? Just to wind them up.

— Chris Waddle

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld