Used Quotes · Page 91

What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.

— Sam Francis

As a little girl, I used to write stories, but by my teenage years, I got out of the habit.

— Gail Honeyman

Every election cycle there has been some manoeuvre against me, so at some level I am used to it.

— Sam Gyimah

The first few seasons, I was just getting used to the Premier League.

— Jesse Lingard

That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that.

— Miranda Otto

To state that lethal force should not be used without a proper legal justification is to state the obvious.

— Keir Starmer

Life is used up all the same, whether we save, spend, or waste it.

— Mason Cooley

Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.

— Woody Guthrie

I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect…

— Peter Tork

The rule of the Morrell family was over, and Richard owned a used-car lot and Monica worked at a nail salon, until…

— Rachel Caine

I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in…

— Nicolas Roeg

In the last five years I used to go to Zen practice once a month, but since I assumed the post of…

— Shinzo Abe

My sons remember me most as a Cardinal. My one son is 26 years old, and I don't think he's ever seen…

— Bruce Sutter

I was a fan once, and I remember what it was like approaching footballers for their autographs. I used to get starstruck…

— Harry Kane

Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big…

— David Hockney

The whole of technology depends on a scientific background, and of course technology can be used for evil purposes. You can't blame…

— Richard Dawkins

There is no reason to believe ... that the "essential purpose" of language is "communication". ... Language can be used to transmit…

— Noam Chomsky

Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a…

— Blaise Pascal

Maybe I'll just write books. I'd like to make another movie, but I don't want to go back and [do] what they…

— John Waters

Congress must have the ability to provide broad oversight, conduct investigations and make use of its subpoena power, which it used throughout…

— Nancy Mace

In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased…

— Philippe Aries

I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used…

— Glenda Jackson

In the end, I had to call myself a faggot, which really annoyed me, because 1. I don't think that word should…

— John Green

I used to do that routine about my daughter being a hippy with the dirty sneakers and dirty blue jeans, but why…

— Jean Carroll

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

— Arnold Bennett

Adrian!You Used compulsion on that guy. That… I mean, it's…" "Awesome?Yeah,I Know

— Richelle Mead

I used to watch actors and say, 'You poor suckers, that job looks miserable.'

— Evangeline Lilly

I used to play a narcissistic-conservative pundit. Now, I'm just a narcissist.

— Stephen Colbert

You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

— Marcus Aurelius

I'm so tired. I don't know if I can ever outrun how I used to be.

— Marie Lu

My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.'

— J. B. Bickerstaff

We used to watch 'The X Factor' every week but I was brought up in church.

— Raye

As a kid, I used to go to the library and take out all the art books.

— Cheech Marin

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

— Arne Duncan

I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite - dark and loud.

— David Beckham

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

— Lexa Doig

I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun.

— Jorja Smith

A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.

— James Whistler

Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie.

— Marquis de Custine

My mom used to bake so many vegan goods when I was a kid, and I was always so hyped.

— Nyjah Huston