Used Quotes · Page 87

In school that used to happen a lot: they'd get me to sing and then they'd hate me for it.

— Christina Aguilera

The sensory deprivation chamber has been the most important tool that I've ever used for developing my mind

— Joe Rogan

I used to be an insult comic, and I didn't end up liking the way that I felt about myself.

— Zach Anner

I used to think that you'd open the door, and there was Narnia. Increasingly, I think it's all around us.

— Clive Barker

I always loved the challenge. When something new happened, I always used to get quite excited.

— John Noble

I've never used the word 'I' in a piece in my 18 years in journalism.

— Brooke Baldwin

The thought of the weekends I used to have now makes me shake.

— Jimmy White

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

— Rosanne Cash

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

— Mira Nair

My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want…

— Alex Morgan

Advertising is not merely an assembly of competing messages; it is a language itself which is always being used to make the…

— John Berger

As Dennis Green used to say, there really is a time for pay and a time to play. And right now we're…

— Brian Billick

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was…

— Van Morrison

Pop music - what used to be known as rock music, a loud novelty - can be something more than a pointless,…

— Paul Morley

It is a ludicrous statistic plucked out of the air and used to justify a quite appalling attack on many of the…

— Jeremy Corbyn

The word "Guru", as it is used in the contemporary American scene, is someone who takes all your money and tells you…

— Frederick Lenz

I used to think I was like the wicket- keeper, which is like the catcher in base- ball, y'know what I mean?…

— Eric Idle

I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett,…

— Bernie Mac

I would like to fall in love again but my only hope is that love doesn't happen to me so often after…

— Douglas Coupland

Nothing has shown more fully the prodigious ignorance of human ideas and their littleness, than the discovery of [Sir William] Herschell, that…

— Horace Walpole

Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't…

— Dolly Parton

Paolo Uccello's wife told people that Paolo used to stay up all night in his study trying to work out the vanishing…

— Giorgio Vasari

I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably…

— George Clooney

My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I…

— Serena Williams

I think that American audiences are more used to following one character.

— Kristen Bell

I'm kind of used to people trying to define me or, you know, lying about me.

— MJ Hegar

I used to say that pot took away from my rent, and now it pays it.

— Justin Kirk

I never used gender as my crutch. Many women don't use gender as a crutch.

— Smriti Irani

I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.

— Carly Patterson

I used to row as a junior for Scotland but I was never massive, I was always tall and rangey.

— Chris Hoy

I graduated from Improv Olympic. I used to do standup comedy.

— Redfoo

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

— Anita Baker

I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.

— George W. Bush

I used to be known as one of the strongest guys on the planet.

— Lex Luger

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you.

— Cormac McCarthy

In the past, I used to take over games, shut the No. 1 guy out.

— Darrelle Revis

The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.

— Walter E. Williams

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

— Jesse Jackson

She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles.

— Dave Eggers

I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder.

— Laurence Olivier