Used Quotes · Page 728

What distinguishes the historical social system we are calling historical capitalism is that in this historical system capital came to be used…

— Immanuel Wallerstein

Even as a child I used to mimic veteran film actors of the time.

— Johnny Lever

And, oh God, in my misspent youth as a housewife, I, too, used to bake bread, in those hectic and desolating days…

— Angela Carter

I used to work in a bank when I was younger and to me it doesn’t matter whether it’s raining or the…

— Mark Cavendish

I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used to be.

— Ken Kesey

[Reading Swing Time] made me a feel a little bit like when I used to read David [Foster] Wallace. Like, "I can't…

— George Saunders

As the industry has matured, real estate has become a very accepted investment. Institutions have used core investments to get comfortable with…

— Richard Price

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

— Wally Lamb

I used to be quite a big video game player at university and post-university in that weird moment in life before you…

— Stephen Merchant

I went home every night to New Jersey - or most nights - and to help with the six-grade math homework or…

— Kellyanne Conway

I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants it. He'll have the last…

— Linda Evangelista

Most ceramic plates, bowls, and cups have an unglazed rim around the very bottom, where the piece was in contact with the…

— J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

I used to sock hop to 'Crocodile Rock' and stare at those platform boots on the album cover.

— Patrick Cox

I'll never forget, Christine Woods came up to me on set and she looked at me so seriously and held my hand,…

— Kether Donohue

Federal gas tax revenues that are paid into the trust fund by highway users should be used for programs that benefit highway…

— Cynthia Lummis

There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said,…

— Robin Williams

One thing I noticed after being down in Mississippi for the shoot was that words like "God" and "Jesus" are used all…

— Christina Ricci

I used alcohol for my panic attacks, to manage stressors.

— Bill N. Lacy

Nothing is more dangerous than to stop working. It is a habit that can soon be lost, one that is easily neglected…

— Victor Hugo

There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children.…

— Beatrice Dalle

I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control...My hotel check-in name used to…

— Dave Gahan

I think I'm very stoic. Death and dying are things that I'm used to.

— Edmund White

I'm not the same person that I used to be.

— Master P

In my Indian bedroom, the carved, cut-out marble jalis, or screens, which were formerly used by Indian princes to keep their wives…

— Doris Duke

The world has changed a lot since I started making records.I used to go into a studio and there were songs there,…

— Shelby Lynne