Used Quotes · Page 184

I had a bright yellow jumper that my mother knitted me and I used to call it my scrambled egg jumper.

— Dave Myers

As a teenager, I used to dress up like a hippie. My clothes weren't posh.

— Abhay Deol

I got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation when it only used to take a cent.

— Jimmy Buffett

All good technology should be used to piss off people's parents.

— Neil Gaiman

School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day.

— Nikki Giovanni

I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation.

— Tara Bray Smith

I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly.

— Robert Klein

Whatever goes wrong can be used to your advantage, providing it goes wrong enough.

— Tom Robbins

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

[monkeys] are used only when no other species and no alternatice approach can provide the answers to questions about such conditions as…

— Colin Blakemore

As a kid I used to wear my mother's dupattas and saris and emulate Hema Maliniji or Rekhaji in front of the…

— Divya Dutta

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was…

— Chino Moreno

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.

— Tracee Ellis Ross

Mum and Dad used to do a lot of entertaining. We had quite a nice house, so everybody descended on us at…

— Ainsley Harriott

I used to hate my hair. Now I love it. I spend hours brushing my hair out after it dries. I love…

— Petra Collins

I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for…

— Carly Simon

We've got over 1 million merchants who have claimed their businesses on Foursquare, running specials and doing other things. What we want…

— Dennis Crowley

Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their…

— Richard Baxter

If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great…

— Jane Austen

You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But…

— Colin Powell

In the university library, we know when a book has been used in a class or put on reserve... or while it…

— David Weinberger

My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt…

— Brian Tee

To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are going to think…

— Mike Mills

Internet radio stations like KCRW do take you everywhere, yet that's just one of a hundred small things you have to do…

— Teddy Thompson

A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.

— Vanessa Hudgens

I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.

— Eddie Marsan

I'm so used to bad reviews. I really enjoy them when they're very mean!

— Gaspar Noe

We used to fume if we didn't keep a clean sheet. It was what we were paid for.

— Tony Adams

I'm not sure cavemen had plumbers. They probably just used a hole.

— Joelle Carter

When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.

— Diego Luna

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected… Hoarding is idolatry.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

— Rick Warren

“I may not be where I need to be but at least I am not where I used to be.”

— Joyce Meyer

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

— Rick Springfield

I think I used to be lower maintenance. I think I'm slowly becoming higher maintenance.

— Alison Brie

While I'm very into fitness, I'm much more used to swinging kettlebells around than my actual body.

— Emma Weymouth

Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

— Terry McMillan

I remember when 'Bloodsport' came out - I used to watch that movie over and over again.

— Rich Paul

I grew up in a few houses because my dad was a builder, so we used to build and sell quite a…

— Louise Nurding

I used to be a Def Jam artist. I was - I survived Def Jam.

— Black Thought