Used Quotes · Page 692

Terms such as obscene are used swiftly in order to protect people from exposure to the truth.

— Thomas Hirschhorn

Lance Armstrong admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. He confessed in front of the most respected judge in the land,…

— Craig Ferguson

I used to do crazy tricks. I would stand on the seat, wheelies, stuff like that.

— Markelle Fultz

Cuz if he was hot, you should’ve used it to your benefit. That could’ve become the best ice breaker in history. Like…

— J. Lynn

I used to write stories. Handwriting stories in school were a big deal for me. That's kind of what I did.

— Shawn Mendes

Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small…

— Ha Jin

I just find it interesting that kids apparently used to cry when Bambi's mother died. George and I both held our breaths,…

— Mira Grant

Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so…

— Charles Spurgeon

I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I…

— Elaine Equi

I have read that the ancients, when they had produced a sound, used to modulate it, heightening and lowering its pitch without…

— Antonio Canova

I used to say things like, 'My name's not Al (Bundy), you know?' Not to the press, but to fans. 'My name…

— Ed O'Neill

That was another incredible thing: the opportunity to be in Greenland, a place I had read about in NatGeo a decade before.…

— Adam Richman

People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I…

— Christine Quinn

I used to go into bars on my days off, and I decided that wasn't too good for me.

— Phil Daniels

Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology,…

— Anonymous

I used to make clothes for my sister's dolls. I couldn't care less for the dolls, but I could make the clothes…

— Philip Treacy

It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems…

— Kenichi Ohmae

When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this…

— Aerin Lauder

This uses a lens system, which I have used for years in various different ways, but I've never used it in the…

— Errol Morris

Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on…

— Orlando Bloom

I don't believe in art like I used to. I believe in something beyond it, something that contains art and everything else.…

— Jim Woodring

When I was 40, I used to wonder what people thought of me. Now I wonder what I think of them.

— Brooke Astor

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves.…

— Jimmy Dean

I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I…

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

I found the stock market very intriguing because prices used to fluctuate, I used to wonder why the price fluctuates.

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala