Used Quotes · Page 85

For many years, I used to pray as an act of power, but that was before I had 100% faith in myself.

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

Remember that the military used wind-up radios for years.

— Nicholas Negroponte

I was drinking tea the other day, and I thought: they used to fight wars over this.

— Daniel Tosh

What you have to get used to as a writer is realizing that most of what you come up with is wrong…

— Michael Loceff

I'm used to realising all my dreams and targets through my determination and ambition.

— Essam El Hadary

I'm used to the natural role of a quarterback where everyone looks to you.

— Taysom Hill

We are used to the actions of human beings, not to their stillness.

— V. S. Pritchett

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.

— Diana Ross

Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

— Edward Dmytryk

Writing, for me, really started in the '70s as a young child. I used to read a lot of nursery rhymes, and…

— Gza

Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years…

— Hal Sparks

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I have a lot more energy than I used to have. I sleep better. I like the way I look in my…

— Samuel L. Jackson

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

I think I've always used the whip in the correct way. I see marked horses every day, and it's not a pretty…

— Tony McCoy

My mother used to call me everyday after moving to Mumbai and would tell me to take up this course or join…

— Sanya Malhotra

Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in…

— Michel de Montaigne

The old process of social assimilation used to be mainly about English new money - generated in London, the mucky, brassy North…

— Peter York

The way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland. It doesn't limit…

— Edward Snowden

Walking back from the convention site I chatted with a normal Bostonian for several blocks -- who must have identified me through…

— Ann Coulter

I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for…

— Olly Murs

My first acting job - I used to do commercials, and I had done a couple music videos - but my first…

— Lauren London

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal…

— Francois Gautier

For my job, I act tough. I'm not tough. On the street, I don't go out beating people up and this and…

— Mr. T

Under President Obama we've lost control of things that we used to have control over.

— Donald Trump

The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy…

— John Kessel

My Instagram got deleted a lot of times. I used to do rough jokes and curse a lot.

— Cardi B

My mother was actually a breeder, believe it or not, and she used to name horses after some of my songs.

— Chris de Burgh

I don't want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That's been used to hurt me so much.

— Margaret Cho

The verbs that are used for people who write quickly are almost never flattering.

— Laura Lippman

When I was young, we used to do drills to get a feel for the man you were marking.

— Giorgio Chiellini

I'm used to litigating against incredibly competent, high-quality lawyers that are very good chess players.

— Michael Avenatti

the 'public' - a term often used in America to indicate the great metropolitan newspapers.

— Mary Ritter Beard

My daddy used to maintain, if you have to use ten-dollar words, what you're trying to say isn't worth a dime.

— Charlene Weir

I was a needy person. I think most pro athletes are. We're all used to a lot of attention.

— Mark Schlereth

People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.

— Idries Shah

England is a team that is used to playing in World Cup finals.

— Cafu

I really haven't paid attention to Madonna since about like 7th or 8th grade when she used to be popular

— Mariah Carey

I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art.

— Ella Purnell

The tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway.

— Jerry Weller