Used Quotes · Page 59

I used to just sit down and read the dictionary, and I read the Bible and Shakespeare from cover to cover.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I used to be called 'a Mexican guy who can walk a pack of dogs.' Now the world calls me 'The Dog…

— Cesar Millan

I don't have a routine, but I have used meditation to just decompress and focus.

— Mike Colter

I think that 'Judaizing the Galilee' is not an offensive term. We used to talk like that.

— Ayelet Shaked

I used to be very hard on myself at times - a lot of times, really.

— Mardy Fish

British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.

— Tim Harford

I used to be another little fellow with some hoop dreams / Now I got the game laced up, shoe strings,

— Carlos Boozer

My brother used to get beaten up all the time because he was very effeminate.

— Grace Jones

I used to be asked in interviews what I see for myself 10 or 15 years down the line, and I would…

— Conchata Ferrell

I used to kind of blame someone for not being able to get through that - I'm talking about the addiction part…

— Eddie Vedder

Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.

— Rich Brian

I've never used Sybase in my life. How would I make an intelligent decision about this versus that with a Sybase extension?

— Rasmus Lerdorf

I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough…

— J. Cole

I did some songs for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. I had done a jazz album of Roxy songs, and they used…

— Bryan Ferry

I came up through Second City, so I'm used to playing 20 characters every night who are very different from each other.…

— Scott Adsit

Why is it that we always remember that people forget; but we always forget that they remember?I used to remember...but I forgot!

— Merrit Malloy

In his student days, he used to argue that if a woman has no other course open to her but starvation, prostitution,…

— Margaret Atwood

Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or…

— Sri Yukteswar Giri

Osho used me and Shunyo (my girlfriend at the time) as an example of how he envisioned men and women should relate.…

— Swami Anand Milarepa

Before the advent of artificial light, we had 13, 14 hours in bed every night... and so what we experience now is…

— Jessa Gamble

I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship…

— Graeme Simsion

When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one…

— Duncan Jones

When the coercive power of government is used to equalize incomes, it guarantees less prosperity across the board and spreads the misery,…

— David Limbaugh

As a writer and sometime activist who needs to promote my books and articles and occasionally rally people to one cause or…

— Douglas Rushkoff

The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.

— Alexander Graham Bell

I went to look for a used car and found my wife's dress in the back seat.

— Rodney Dangerfield

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

— Jason Statham

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

— Michelangelo

As a child, I used to bite my toenails, which is grim. I can still do it.

— Joe Lycett

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

— Colin Quinn

I'm better than I used to be. Better than I was yesterday. But hopefully not as good as I'll be tomorrow.

— Marianne Williamson

I used to write at home, but it didn't ever occur to me to be a writer.

— Sarah Waters

My father used to tell us, 'You will have to work twice as hard to get what you want.

— Wyomia Tyus

Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.

— Brené Brown

Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.

— Ben Elton

I went to tranny bars and kind of got used to being around that and then getting dressed up.

— Paul Dano

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am…

— Vin Diesel

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

— Adrienne Rich

I never run away from the responsibility. I'm used to it.

— Neymar