Used Quotes · Page 62

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

— Kate Burridge

“You needed love, but not the kind of love most people used and were used up by.”

— Charles Bukowski

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

— Holly Valance

Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you'll get used to it.

— Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

Chris Webber used to be a wonderful guest to have in. Very loose, and a lot of fun.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I…

— Lindsey Vonn

I used to look at fashion from a superficial standpoint, and I can admit now that I wasn't so nice of a…

— Lauren Wasser

From my sports career, I think I've gotten used to doing interviews and things like that.

— Colin Allred

As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater…

— David Blaine

I come from a place where there's violence and inarticulacy. I worked in a pub from the age of 12 or 13.…

— Eddie Marsan

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to…

— Harry Browne

For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn't enough to make me happy. It used to be that's…

— Juliana Hatfield

While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs.

— Ron Eglash

You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an…

— Jay Asher

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So,…

— Larry Wall

I really didn't think this was going to be a success. We did the first three episodes and I said to Adam,…

— Jamie Hyneman

I used to like Barbra Streisand films. It was 'Funny Girl' that really turned me on, in a sense, to acting. I…

— Sean Harris

I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why…

— Ridley Scott

There's no such thing as post-feminism. It's like saying post-democracy, excuse me, what does that mean? We're nowhere near equality, so the…

— Gloria Steinem

Well do I remember that dark hot little office in the hospital at Begumpett, with the necessary gleam of light coming in…

— Ronald Ross

[Miranda Hentoff] was teaching once at Lincoln Center, and the hall was full of other professionals - musicians, professors, teachers. And she…

— Nat Hentoff

My dad and I used to do movie marathons when I was a kid at the Chinese Theatre, and I just remember…

— Bianca Lawson

Convictions following the admission into evidence of confessions which are involuntary, i.e., the product of coercion, either physical or psychological, cannot stand.…

— Felix Frankfurter

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when…

— Donald Miller

I probably pay more attention to politics than what I used to.

— Kano

There used to be a candy called 'Bonkers,' which I believe to be the greatest candy of all time.

— Ryan Gosling

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

— Saib Tabrizi

When Curtis Mayfield made 'Super Fly,' he used the lyric to make a statement.

— Adrian Younge

I got bullied because of my disability, I used to get called a cripple or a spastic everywhere I went.

— Dylan Alcott

DJs used to mickey-take, have a real poke at Shakin' Stevens.

— Shakin' Stevens

I lose things all the time. I used to lose my license all the time before I put a place in my…

— Janet Jackson

I can just be one of those guys that used in the mix, playing 4 or 5 if we play smaller.

— Markieff Morris

When I was in high school, I used to pray about whoever my future spouse was going to be.

— Gabby Barrett

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

— Les Dawson

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

— David Viscott

I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now.

— Sam Altman

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

There was a time - and I used to get made fun of a lot - that all I collected was soundtracks.

— Jason Marsden

I did engineering, and when people asked me my career plans, I used to say I would do an MBA.

— Vicky Kaushal

I used to like going out so much, and now I can't get myself to leave home.

— Brad Goreski