Used Quotes · Page 177

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

— Harvey Weinstein

I used to do so much writing and fill my scripts with thoughts and monologues and ideas.

— Melissa Barrera

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

— Al Franken

Being a Delhi-ite I was used to a big open space around the house.

— KK

I used to plan a lot. I have stopped planning after 'Mahadev.'

— Mohit Raina

I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."

— Desmond Tutu

My Twitter account status used to say 'part-time playboy' on it, but I've taken that down now.

— Judd Trump

I used to read a lot of fashion magazines: my favourite was 'Nylon.' I used to cut out all the pictures from…

— Yuna

A tendency for the male perspective to dominate responses to films, whether that's commissions or how a film is presented in the…

— Lynne Ramsay

I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I used to write fiction, non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction and have a clear pattern because I'd need a break from one style when…

— Zoe Foster Blake

I used to come here on my own sometimes... Id' stay down here for ages." Her voice was barely audible. "It's a…

— Kevin Brooks

In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.

— Ian Gardner

I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now…

— Ben Stein

He [the Rev. Mr. Whitefield] used, indeed, sometimes to pray for my conversion, but never had the satisfaction of believing that his…

— Benjamin Franklin

That was my way, and I also use the music after five years, I started hearing opera, opera, it was very good…

— Mordechai Vanunu

The first time I read a crime novel - I think it may have been an Elmore Leonard book - it took…

— Alastair Reynolds

I became an air display pilot. I used to teach it. I was an examiner for a few years as well. It…

— Gary Numan

On bikeback, there is a delightful sense of self-direction and autonomy. Lately, I have taken to cycling slowly, more fun than the…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. And actually, most of the bats…

— Eli Roth

I can't get used to the ease with which one covers the world today. It's no longer an effort--Pole--equator--oceans--continents--it's just a question…

— Charles Lindbergh

Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I…

— Haruki Murakami

Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed and it had a terrific…

— Diane Arbus

My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.

— Dennis Wilson

Cadillacs have been used by every president since Woodrow Wilson.

— James B. Stewart

It's weird. I guess I got so used to [g-strings] when I was really young that I just couldn't stand it anymore.

— Cassandra Peterson

I'm so used to hospitals, I pretty much lived in one as a child.

— Amanda Redman

When you grow up on the other side of the tracks, you're used to taking a few bumps.

— Thomas Hardiman

People who knew Dad used to say at times I was brought up as the son Dad never had.

— Gina Rinehart

American food is not what I'm used to - everything is like three portions.

— Estelle

It is one of the strictest conditions of initiation that occult knowledge may never be sold or used for gain.

— Dion Fortune

If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

I used to have this slight speech implement and couldn't remember things before I took the Sam Carnegie course.

— Bill Peterson

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India

— Taylor Caldwell

It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero.

— Alexandra Kerry

They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying.

— Cool Papa Bell

Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.

— Hima Das

Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'

— Gattlin Griffith