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10481 Used quotes by 6288 unique authors

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission… — Unknown Author
For what is important when we give children a theorem to use is not that they should memorize it. What matters most is that by… — Seymour Papert
We need to be much clearer about what we do and do not know so that we don't continually confuse the two. If I could… — Benjamin Bloom
We are rough men and used to rough ways. — Unknown Author
I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. — Edvard Munch
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in… — Unknown Author
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because… — Bobby Fischer
In my 20s I used to cry about why I wasn't thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry… — Melissa McCarthy
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact… — Garry Kasparov
My granddad used to say, If everybody liked the same thing, they'd all be after your grandma. — Gary Mule Deer
The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished… — Edward Weston
It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside,… — Pete Gill
In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the… — David Hurn
They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less. — Nasser Hussain
Yes, he is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time he's not used to playing there either. — Unknown Author
Outstanding past work in photography, and in fact in all the arts, is very important to today's photographers. But it should be used for inspiration… — Alexey Brodovitch
I got my tattoo a year before the Olympic trials, so I kind of used it as motivation to make the Olympic team the following… — Tera Van Beilen
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Gaddafi's a great bloke. The media only show the bad things. I used to go round his house. His son's a super simple guy. All… — Unknown Author
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's… — Jimmy Carter
It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used for products like… — Peter Singer
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. — Steve Martin
If penicillin had been judged by its toxicity to guinea pigs, it might never have been used by man. — Peter Singer
To be well used, creatures and places must be used sympathetically, just as they must be known sympathetically to be well known...The "animal scientist" to… — Wendell Berry
Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to… — Andrzej Wajda

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